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generating slitaz usb using tazlito gen-distro
  • SergeSerge February 2010
    Good day,
    I have the new slitaz cookbook 2.0 (upgraded) installed on my harddisk everything works fine except when I try
    to generate a live usb using tazusb gen-iso2usb
    I have generated a new image using tazlito gen-distro with the original distro-packages-list without any problem
    If I burn the iso to a cd everything works fine but if I install the image on a live usb than I have the following kernel panic



    sd 0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
    input: SynPS/2 Synaptic Touchapd....
    RAMDISK: lzma image found at block 0
    vmap allocation for size 134221824 failed: use vmalloc= to increase size
    VFS: cannot open root device "null" or unknow-block(0,0)
    Please append a correct "root=" boot option: here are the availalbe partitions:
    0300 279782 hda driver: ide-cdrom
    0800 117220824 sda driver: sd
    0801 109025091 sda1
    0802 8193150 sda2
    Kernal Panic - not syncing: VFS Unable to mount root fs on unknow-block(0,0)
    Pid: 1, comm:swapper not tainted 2.6.30.6-slitaz #1

    Seems that the kernel is not recognizing the usb device after unzipping the rootfs.gz

    Note that this was working in the previous version 2.6.25... I just want to upgrade to the newest kernel and
    upgrade a new image that I use with my students

    any idea!
    best regards
    Serge
  • SergeSerge February 2010
    I can also boot the image with qemu without any problems:
    qemu -m 500 -cdrom slitaz-hacked.iso
    I wonder what could be the problem when the image is transferred to a usbstick
    I have tried the update provided by pansko but It did not solve it
    regards!
    Segi
  • dev99dev99 February 2010
    If you are booting with grub, add the following :
    rootdelay=10
    to the kernel option line.

    Hope it works for you.
  • SergeSerge February 2010
    Thanks for the response, I did tried that solution,
    I still have vmalloc problem... the usbstick does get recognized after the delay
    regards
  • SergeSerge February 2010
    Guess what!
    it does work with the slitaz-loram package
    so it must be related to memory the computer has 2 gigs
    regards!
  • dev99dev99 February 2010
    You can also use unetbootin to put your iso into the usbkey.
    Download it here:
    http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
    make it executable with chmod 777
    and follow the instructions.
    I have already tested it wih Slitaz and other distros

    regards
  • SergeSerge February 2010
    Thanks dev99!
    I might just do that!

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