Syslinux - Feb 2008 - question about extlinux.conf on flashstick with ext2

Hi ,
I ve tested the pclinux minime on usb 1Gb and later 8Gb, with fat32 and syslinux
boot , works splendid in Ram , and persistant saves on stick..
Now i want to try extlinux-boot with ext2 or 3 on the usb.
With ext3 , i get constantly bumped to commandline, where i could type in the
vmlinuz and initrd paths , but it cant make the loop-file of minime work..so it
gets little panic :*
But it wont read the extlinux.conf in /boot/extlinux on sda1
With ext2 somehow it reads and finds the extlinux.conf - but after 
vmlinuz and initrd - it bumps back to reboot...

Done in short steps with other linux boot, where sdb1 is the usbflash:

mkdir /mnt/sdb1/boot/extlinux
xxx/extlinux361/extlinux# extlinux --install /mnt/sdb1/boot/extlinux
umount /mnt/sdb1
xxx/extlinux361/mbr# cat mbr.bin > /dev/sdb
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1

edit and save a  /mnt/sdb1/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf (last version) :
default liveusb
prompt  1
timeout 50
label liveusb
kernel ../vmlinuz
append livecd=../livecd initrd=../initrd.gz root=/dev/rd/3 vga=788 keyb=us
bootfrom=/dev/sda1 changes=/dev/sda1/changes  fromusb

edit:
*livecd= , *root= , *bootfrom= , **changes= , **fromusb comes from syslinux.cfg 
and
*partly worked in ext3 different commandline-tryouts , but all ended shortly
after the loopfile

It feels like this extlinux.conf is kinda right way - but can i get further?
with minime and ext2 /3 and the livecd.sqfs it uses ?
/greetings - halfnewbie Gene





       
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g3a no1 wrote:
> Hi ,
> I ve tested the pclinux minime on usb 1Gb and later 8Gb, with fat32 and
syslinux boot , works splendid in Ram , and persistant saves on stick..
> Now i want to try extlinux-boot with ext2 or 3 on the usb.
> With ext3 , i get constantly bumped to commandline, where i could type in
the vmlinuz and initrd paths , but it cant make the loop-file of minime work..so
it gets little panic :*
> But it wont read the extlinux.conf in /boot/extlinux on sda1
That's somewhat odd.  When you say "wont read", can you explain
what
happens?  Is the right partition set active?
> With ext2 somehow it reads and finds the extlinux.conf - but after 
> vmlinuz and initrd - it bumps back to reboot...
You get bumped to the command line because you have "prompt 1" in your
config file, I presume you already realized that.

Your command line is full of arguments which appear specific to your 
distribution (minime, I guess), including stuff like /dev/rd/3 which is 
old devfs syntax.

I don't think what you're having here is a syslinux problem, as it 
appears to bootstrap everything.and I don't know if you'll find anyone 
on the list familiar with your specific distribution.  You might want to 
ask in a minime forum.

	-hpa