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Hi all,

this is my first post; I'm new to Salix, but not to linux. My setup: mac mini intel, several linux distributions on external usb disk which has grub-efi installed. I have Salix on one partition, installation worked without problems. But I can't boot into the partition; I assume because the initrd I created by chrooting into the installation is missing some modules. From stuff I found in obscure corners of the internet, I created an intrd like this

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mkinitrd -c -k 2.6.37.6-smp -m ehci_hcd:uhci_hcd:ohci_hcd:usb-storage:hid:usbhid:btusb
-f ext4 -r /dev/sdb4 -o /boot/initrd.gz

This creates initrd.gz. But when I try to boot from this system, absolutely nothing happens; I don't even get an error message. Other linux distributions boot without problems from the same disk. Does anyone have experience with a similar setup?

Thanks
pindar

Is this grub2? Try disabling gfxpayload if it is.
How exactly are you trying to boot Salix anyway (i.e. what's the content of your grub.cfg/menu.lst)?

If you get absolutely nothing, this indicates that the kernel does not even get to the initrd. Probably it's not loading at all.

What's the architecture of the processor?

Thanks for your reply. I'll try to provide more information:

processor is an intel core2 duo

This is indeed grub2.

For the time being, I don't boot via a grub.cfg, but manually. There are more linux distributions on the same disk, and all of them boot via this method. When grub on the USB disk comes up, I switch to a shell by typing "c" and issue these commands:

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fakebios
set root=(hd0,gpt2)
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.37.6-smp noefi root=/dev/sdb2
initrd /boot/initrd.gz
boot

Other linux distributions take a few seconds and then begin the boot sequence, but in salix, absolutely nothing happens, so you may be right that it doesn't even get to the initrd. But why? I know I'm loading the right partition because I can see the files in /boot.

I guess you need to install Salix 64bit with a 64bit kernel instead of a 32bit one. You can also try the linux16/initrd16 commands first. Maybe you also find some information on the net from other users trying Slackware on x86_64 EFI Hardware.

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