[CS-FSLUG] mini-ITX boot problem

[Nathan T.]

I think the bootloader either needs to be told to look at /dev/hda2 or 
/dev/hdb1 in order for it to work, depending on how the cf card adapter 
is seen. As I recall though this isn't the only problem you're having 
with booting CentOS on the computer.

Ron Thompson wrote:
> I spoke too soon.  It doesn't boot properly after swapping the cards, it gets 
> started and them comes back with Checking root file system
> fsck.ext3: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/hdb2 FAILED
>
> I'm out of my league.
>
> Not much point in having a mni-ITX if you have to duct tape an old CD-RW onto 
> the case just to get it to boot :-)
>
>     Ron
>
> On Wednesday 01 April 2009 23:42, Ron Thompson wrote:
>   
>> Further on this problem, I was able to get it to boot from the CF card
>> adapter by swapping cards 1 and 2.  Apartenly with the CD on the second IDE
>> connector the first card isn't seen and the OS was installed on the second
>> card.
>>
>>  So I guess this means that if I would also like to have a DVD/CD it MUST
>> be SATA?
>>
>>     Ron
>>
>> On Wednesday 01 April 2009 22:48, Ron Thompson wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm really out of touch with Linux, I don't have any idea of what is
>>> happening.  I have an Intel 945GCLF mini-ITX and I'm using a Startech CF
>>> memory adapter in place of a hard drive.  The CF adapter has a pair of
>>> 4GB cards and the BIOS sees them as a master and slave HD on the IDE
>>> connector. I had a very difficult time getting anything to work as a CD
>>> to install CentOS 4.4 on them CF card, but I did find that using a very
>>> old CD-RW with the master slave set to CSEL I could get one of the two
>>> cards on the card adapter recognized and managed to install CentOS.
>>>
>>>  Following the installation, the second CF card is not seen, although it
>>> does show up in the BIOS set up menu, and the CD-RW also shows up.  And
>>> the system does boot from the CF card in the adapter.  But here is where
>>> I'm lost.  as long as the CD-RW is on the IDE cable the first CF card
>>> works fineand the system boots, but if the CD-RW is disconnected it will
>>> not boot from the CF card even though the BIOS knows its there.
>>>
>>>    Would anyone have an idea of what may be wrong?  The CF card adapter
>>> is a Startech CF2X2IDE25.  On the box it says "Memory card boots like IDE
>>> hard drive without any device drivers", but this seems only to be true as
>>> long as the CD-RW is on the cable and set to CSEL.
>>>
>>>     Ron
>>>       
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