not a support questionhi tazers!
made a cd, booted to it, installed to usb ssd chose sdb1 [ext4] as target, chose /dev/sr0 I think as cd ticked bootloader everything seemed fine 100%
Reboot, grub go! Er, no - cant boot as subject
Think the boot loader is being fooled by internal [dev/sda] hdd?
Tips?
shann
offlineAdministrator
Hi Orby,
infact grub4dos (used by default in tazinst) not work with ext4 filesystem.
For / (at least /boot) need ext3 fs :/.
Tazinst need adjust to use grub2 in case of target as ext4.
For workaround you can use this after install SliTaz and no reboot :
Install grub2 package
tazpkg -gi grub2
Mount target and install grub2 inside
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
grub-install /dev/sdb --root-directory=/mnt --no-floppy
tazpkg -gi grub2 --root=/mnt
Prepare target for chroot and configure grub2
mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
chroot /mnt
Inside chroot run grub-mkconfig
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
exit
umount /mnt/dev /mnt/proc /mnt/sys
umount /mnt
sync && reboot
Enjoy
slitaz_grub2.png (10.4 KB, 86 downloads) 8 months old Thanks. The steps all worked perfectly however when I reboot I got a kernel panic with
unable to mount root fs on unkown block (0,0)
I then formated entire ssd to ext3, installed and got to a grub> prompt and it is so long since I have done this that I have no idea what to enter.
I can start again from scratch no problem. What are recommendations for ssd install on a usb port?
shann
offlineAdministrator
Hi Orby,
Infact if you have sda as usb key and see ssd as sdb, when remove usb, order changed :/
that why most distributions use uuid instead sdX name.
Suggest to reinstall it with grub2 and adjust it (don't forget to remove usb key).
For grub2 edit 'entry' with 'e', and change last line root=/dev/sdb1 by root=/dev/sda1.
When boot are done run as root : grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg to ensure entry updated with right value.
grub_entry_slitaz.png (10.7 KB, 86 downloads) 8 months old Sorry I should of been clearer; I have Thinkcentre USFF with
SATA0 = Windblows on SSD [sda]
USB = USB to SATA Adapter with SSD [sdb]
CD DRIVE = SATA1 [sr0?]
I install off CD to sdb and reboot to USB SATA adapter
Grub seems to reference (hd2,0) which I will have to look up but in any case I get 'can't find fs' error
If I edit grub to (hd0,0) it will boot kernel but then panic with can't find fs
shann
offlineAdministrator
hmm if understand we have 3 devices 2 ssd and cdrom on sata.
You said grub (hd0,0) boot kernel, in case you need to use root=/dev/sda1.
linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1
Goal is to have right disk and root match.
below match :
hd0 > root=/dev/sda1
hd1 > root=/dev/sdb1
hd2 > root=/dev/sdc1
Eventually switched off sata altogether so only cd and usb stick. Tried mem stick, an ssd on a usb adapter and a spinning disc on a usb adapter.
Had tried rootdelay=5 just prior to getting gibor post :)
Anyway, still no joy. Two pics pre root delay added and post
IMG_4958.JPG (40.5 KB, 88 downloads) 8 months old IMG_4957.JPG (37.6 KB, 97 downloads) 8 months old 
Ceel
offlineAdministrator
Hi all,
@Orby, please post your grub.cfg
gibor
offlineModerator
I'm not much of an expert, but rootdelay has an effect unless something on the usb interface is not supported
ehci-pci 0000:00:1a.0: dma_pool_free ehci_qh, f55bb060/fffff060 (bad dma)
How to solve I can't tell you, it seems that the adapter doesn't support dma
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/driver-api/usb/dma.html
However, wait for more authoritative opinions than mine.
I actually have two usb -> sata adapters. One is Sandisk usb 3 and the other is from a Toshiba external caddy also usb3 . I have used both with Arch & OpenBSD with no problems.
What if its not the adapter but something to do with the front usb ports controller chipset?
I'll try the back one next and post my grub lines.
Ceel
offlineAdministrator
Another idea: with all the computers I used with Linux, the kernel always named SSD: nvme0n1. It could be the same with a SATA Adapter on USB port.
Boot from your CD, connect your SATA Adapter with the SSD, open a terminal, type
fdisk -l
Maybe you have to replace root=/dev/sdx1 with root=/dev/nvme...
shann
offlineAdministrator
Hi all,
@ceel good catch could be simply it ?
I check on my mini servers but it's nvme (m.2 port).
In case see as nvme, but when i had stock ssd it's see as sda.
root@amberle:~# mount |grep nvm
/dev/nvme0n1p1 on / type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/nvme0n1p2 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime)
root@amberle:~# cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10.210-slitaz64 root=/dev/nvme0n1p1 ro
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