65503 – Allow genkernel to mount user-specified device as "CD-ROM"

Bug 65503 - Allow genkernel to mount user-specified device as "CD-ROM"

Summary: Allow genkernel to mount user-specified device as "CD-ROM"

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers

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Keywords:	Inclusion

Depends on:	68619
Blocks:	22157
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Reported:	2004-09-27 01:53 UTC by Henrik Brix Andersen
Modified:	2004-10-23 13:17 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Patch for adding cdroot=/dev/foo feature (genkernel-3.0.2g-cdroot.patch,1.71 KB, patch) 2004-09-27 01:54 UTC, Henrik Brix Andersen	Details \| Diff
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Description Henrik Brix Andersen 2004-09-27 01:53:26 UTC

I've created a patch for genkernel-3.0.2g which allows to specify which device to mount as a CD-ROM for booting LiveCDs using 'cdroot=/dev/sda' syntax.

Why? My initial intention was to fix bug #22157 which is a request for Gentoo LiveUSB installation mediums (for installing on computers with no CD-ROM drive), but the new feature has proved useful for testing LiveCDs without burning a CD-ROM as well.

I am currently working on a simple catalyst liveusb stage for automatically producing a LiveUSB tarball/zip file from a livecd-stage2. This is tracked in bug #22157.

Comment 1 Henrik Brix Andersen 2004-09-27 01:54:11 UTC

Created attachment 40519 [details, diff]
Patch for adding cdroot=/dev/foo feature

Comment 2 Tim Yamin (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2004-10-23 13:17:01 UTC

In genkernel 3.1.0; marking as FIXED.