In Arch linux, that conf file is found in /etc so /etc/mkinitcpio.conf should do it. I just inserted usb in the list of hook entries just following the autodetect item. You should probably run mkinitcpio but I didn't know the exact parameters I might need so what I did as a lazy Arch Linux user was to simply re-install the kernel26 package; that automatically regenerates the RAM disk image for us. Then I rebooted and the damn thing worked! On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 08:47:21AM -0700, Dazed_75 wrote: > Fantastic! And where did you find this mkinitcpio.conf? Was that in Arch > Linux? Did you look in any others (sounds like not yet)? And what did you > have to do after adding the usb entry (like remaster an iso, or ...)? > > Larry > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: > > > GOOD NEWS!!! > > > > I got it working. I can now boot on this external drive without > > having to jump start from a live cd and chroot or any of that. > > > > It seems that my mkinitcpio.conf did not include 'usb' as one of the > > hooks for building the initial RAMFS image. I figured the RAMFS was > > failing some how since the usb drive hadn't been formerly listed in > > the startup sequence. So I added usb to the list of hooks and she's > > working now. I don't know a whole lot about the insides of mkinitcpio > > or if this configuration is common accross most distros but I got mine > > working and I guess that's what really matters. > > > > Thanks to all of you for your helpful answers and ideas. > > > > Now off to fix my wireless challenge . > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry > > The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, > that I wish it always to be kept alive. > - Thomas Jefferson > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss