[Novalug] Slackware and USB disks

[James Ewing Cottrell 3rd]

I tried installing SW11.0 on my WD Passport disk with limited success. I 
went with the 2.6 kernel and did my own mkinitrd. I did get a shell, but 
couldn't mount the real root.

Presumably, I didn't choose the magic combination of modules. I also 
used the 2.4 kernel from the install. Maybe I should use "test26" 
instead. Installation to an IDE drive followed by comparison of what 
modules are added when the USB disk is plugged in might also prove 
enlightening.

It's not a BIOS issue; the BIOS can boot USB disks directly.

Anyone have any other advice? Ed?

JIM