USB flash drive boot... Kernel panic: (SOLVED...FIXED)

[sunburnt]

I did the USB install from the Start Menu (SimplePuppy), it boots to: kernel panic.
I've search the forum & How To, I know this is a common problem, can't. test as PC freezes.

512 MB USB 2.0 flash drive, with vmlinuz, image.gz, usr_cram.fs, ldlinux.sys, syslinux.cfg files on it.

I'm thinking the module usb-storage isn't being loaded by the kernel... thoughts?

syslinux.cfg
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default vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 initrd=image.gz
append PSLEEP=25 PHOME=sda1 PFILE=pupSAVE-none-262144 PKEYS=us


DOS boots just fine on it, but Linux's cfdisk has a problem with it, fdisk shows it as okay & bootable.

cfdisk starts with:
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FATAL ERROR: Bad primary partition 0: Partition ends in the final partial cylinder
Press any key to exit cfdisk

[Sit Heel Speak]

On my Thinkpad, which has no native USB boot capability in BIOS, the USB successes have been as follows:

Puppy 1: only when plugged into the rear USB 1.1 port, and only with pakt's WakePup 1.1C boot floppy.

Puppy 2: only when plugged into a USB 2 PCMCIA adapter, and only with pakt's WakePup2-02 boot floppy, and if Puppy 2.01r2 or lower then only with either Jesse or pakt's special initrd.gz.

If the computer has SATA or SCSI hard disks or a USB hub, I recall a thread with losl facing that problem having to do with Puppy 2. I don't know of anybody ever reporting it, let alone solve it, in Puppy 1.

[sunburnt]

It starts booting fine, then errors as stated...
It loads the kernel & then the image.gz file, the kernel ungzips it & begins booting.

I don't know what "Kernel panic: no init" is saying is wrong, it sounds like it can't find: /sbin/init

[sunburnt]

SUCCESS... I knew if I modified the: "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit" file I could get it to boot.

I'm posting this from the 512MB USB flash drive, works nice!
SimplePuppy 3.0 or 3.1 is what I got working, if someone needs it, I can post the "image.gz" file.
I bypassed most of the rc.sysinit code (like I did for LanPuppy), & positively mounted the USB & files.

This follows my suggestion of separate rc.sysinit files for the different boot types.
Much like the rc.sysinit-hd & rc.sysinit-cd files, a rc.sysinit-usb file is needed.
This just makes it simpler to maintain & keep the different boot media types apart.
And the boot process would go slightly faster & be more reliable.

The various boot scripts could be maintained by those who are using that type of boot.

[Béèm]

[quote="Sit Heel Speak"]On my Thinkpad, which has no native USB boot capability in BIOS, the USB successes have been as follows:
/quote]
Which Thinkpad do you have?
I have a R40 and I see no boot possibility either.
Didn't think to use the rear USB port.

I have one anoying thing.
As well the trackpoint (little red thingy) as the other one (forgot the name) are operational.
I use the trackpoint, but sometimes I touch the other one and a lot of 'action' is sometimes created.
I haven't found a way to only make the trackpoint operational.

What about you?

[Sit Heel Speak]

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[Béèm]

Sit Heal Speak,
Thank you for the explanation. I'll keep it in a save place in case I'll try to boot from a USB device.

As for me, I don't like the touchpad (the word I was looking for) but I like the trackpoint very much.
Use it in XP and Puppy.

[sunburnt]

Sit Heel Speak; Here's several boot files... Enjoy!

[Sit Heel Speak]

Sit Heel Speak; Here's several boot files... Enjoy!

Thanks!
(I asked sunburnt in a pm to send me these via email, he did, but my email box meanwhile got filled to capacity with spam).