USB booting :: Booting with files NOT in root dir - HELP



Is it just dsl?  Or do slax and knoppix have the same problem?
(just thinking that because it is based on knoppix and is looking for knoppix/knoppix)
If it is just dsl, try and see how knoppix is getting around it.
It seems to be both slax and dsl, but I am not thinking they are both from different issues.  I haven't tried full knoppix yet to find *that* pattern.

I think the dsl issue is a finding of the knoppix filesystem and the slax is a hardware detection (running under vmware while ironing out bugs for the quick reboot aspect).

I am really really limited in my "limited" shell as I don't even have ls!  I have mount, but I can't see directories to know where I can mount to, can't mkdir, can't see what devices I have or it found, the only think I have of any help is lsmod (might be a good todo to give us some decent diagnostic tools in this limited shell)

lsmod shows I these modules loaded:
usb-storage
usb-uhci
usbcore
ataraid
ide-scsi

The last messages I see:
Welcome to the KNOPPIX live Linux-on-CD!
Scanning for USB/Firewire devices... Done.
Enabling DMA acceleration for: hdc     [VMware Virtual IDE CDROM Drive]
Can't Find KNOPPIX file system, sorry.
Dropping you to a (very limited) shell.
Press reset button to quit."

Ugh.
I have figured out how to solve this dilemna.

If anyone cares or needs to know, just ask and I can explain how I got there.

Chris
Well... explain... don't leave us lerkers hanging.
I would also be interested in how you managed this... It might help solve some of my booting issues.
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