USB booting :: sda1 = "Irregular" = cdrom? Argh...

Actually, during the boot process, after DSL copies the contents toram, DSL says can't change to /cdrom2. It's not mounting the KNOPPIX image in ram, but rather still using what's on the usb drive. I've been having hell because of it.

josh

hi,
I too have the same problem with the mounting tool but u can very well mount the pen drive using the mount command running on a terminal as root

irregular means that the device is already mounted!
It is mounted under a different name than the typically used device name.

When booting from a pendrive sda1 is already mounted as /cdrom

Forcing an additional mount as root is not useful and may cause issues with other programs. You only need to have it mounted once.

Ok, but why isn't it unmounting the drive during boot?

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that it's because you don't have enough RAM available for "toram" mode, and/or you booted with the "frugal" cheatcode even if you didn't know it (frugal is added to the list of automatic cheatcodes during a pendribe USB install process).

The bottom line is:

If you are still using files on your USB drive, IE: /cdrom/KNOPPIX, then you will continue to be mounted for the entire time that you are up and running.

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