[FIXED] Booting LiveCD 2005.0 with a USB CD-ROM Drive

obijuan · n00b Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 4

*** UPDATE - changed /dev/sr0 to /dev/ram0 in the last part (bolded) below. Sorry 'bout that.

After pulling my hair out (what's left anyway), I got this thing working. I saw other posts that say it just won't work with this release. Here's what I did:

After dropping to the mini-shell:

Determining root device...
The root block device is unspecified or not detected.
Please specify a device to boot, or "shell" for a shell...
boot() :: shell

Checked to see that the USB CD-ROM was found

cat /proc/scsi/scsi
cat /proc/scsi/usb-storage/0 [your number here may vary]
cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info [I found my drive name was "sr0"]
ls -l /dev/sr0 [shows that the device doesn't exist]
cat /proc/devices | grep sr [shows me the major node (?), mine is "11 sr"]
mknod /dev/sr0 b 11 0
exit

Then, it asks again for the boot device:

boot() ::

this time, I entered "/dev/ram0" and it booted into the livecd!

Hope this helps someone.

0bijuan

GordSki · Guru Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 329

I have a similar problem with using a pendrive https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-320512-highlight-.html. If the device node isn't getting created I guess that means it is a problem with udev in the initrd.....

G.

obijuan · n00b Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 4

I responded to your other thread...

acyclic · n00b Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 10

Hi all.

I'm having the similar problems with the external CD-ROM. obijuan, I followed what you did and did the same (mine was also sr0, 11...)
However, mine resulted in some errors:

boot() :: /dev/sr0
>> Mounting root...
mount: /dev/sr0 is write protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/sr0 is write protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/sr0 is write protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/sr0 is write protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/sr0 is write protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/sr0 is write protected, mounting read-only
mkdir: Cannot create directory `/newroot/tmp': Read-only file system
mknod: /newroot/dev/console: No such file or directory
>> Bootingpivot_root: pivot_root: No such file or directory
./linuxrc: 497: /tmp/.initrd/bin/[: not found
/linuxrc: 497: /tmp/.initrd/bin/[: not found
/linuxrc: 497: /tmp/.initrd/bin/[: not found
./linuxrc: 504: cannot open dev/console: No such file
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!

Can anyone help? I'm too much of a noob to figure out why I'm getting some of these... obviously the cd is read-only

Or alternately... I happen to have an old Gentoo UT2003 gamecd. I can manage to boot off that by specifying /dev/sr0, and then insert and access the 2005 livecd, but then I don't know how to go about with the installation... nothing is mounted to /newroot/mnt/gentoo, and I don't have a fdisk to use.

So if anyone can help me, in either case, it would be much appreciated. I'm trying to get a dual boot on my tablet, which has no internal cd or floppy drives.
Thanks.

obijuan · n00b Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 4

Oops, I think I have a typo - try typing /dev/ram0 instead of /dev/sr0

acyclic · n00b Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 10

Ah, makes much more sense... worked perfectly! Thanks!

Giovanni1733 · n00b Joined: 14 Apr 2005 Posts: 1

[/list][/list]I've done all the procedure you've explained and everything is fine (finally!!)
The only problem is that after booting using "/dev/ram0" i can't enter the verbose mode even if i immediately type the F2 key. The program starts with the default keybord map without even asking me which one I want to choose...

How can I change the keyboard map when i'm in loggen in the "livecd root #"??

I'm completely new to the world of Linux, and probably this is a stupid question, but please help me if you can!!

Thank you very much for your precious help!

green14 · n00b Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 1

I do not find "ram0" in /dev, and I can not boot from /dev/ram0.

I make a new ram0.

andy64

nonhuman · Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 2:53 am Post subject:

Holy shit, thankyou!
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MACHINE · Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 4:10 pm Post subject: *UPDATE*

1. insert the liveCD into your external cdrom
2. type "gentoo doscsi [enter]"
3. shell
4. type "udevstart [enter]" and exit
5. type "/dev/ram0 [enter]"
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TecHunter · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 124

nonhuman · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 6:53 pm Post subject:

This no longer works with the 2005.1 install cd. Any hints?
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lieut_data · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:35 pm Post subject:

henryzhou · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 86

I meet the same problem...

Any hints? Now I can't continue to install gentoo.

lieut_data · Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 12:04 pm Post subject:

Follow the thread: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-369937.html for updates to the 2005.1 USB Booting Issue.