[Tfug] busy box problem

[Matthew Patenaude]

On Jan 17, 2008 12:56 AM, Robert Hunter <hunter at tfug.org> wrote:

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> On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 12:08:37AM -0500, Matthew Patenaude wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > I am trying to help a friend check out Ubuntu on his Sony Vaio laptop.
> His
> > cd drive is bad, and I tried to boot into the liveCD via an external DVD
> > drive, and after choosing "Start or Install Ubuntu" I get put into
> BusyBox
> > initramfs. cat casper.log gives "no medium found on dev/scd0"
> >
> > Does that mean it is trying to run the live CD from the actual cdrom
> instead
> > of where it booted from? If so, how would I go about bypassing that, if
> it
> > is in fact possible?
>
> It is possible that grub is reporting a different boot device than
> what the kernel is seeing.  Is there any way of disabling, or removing
> the internal CD-ROM drive?  Alternatively, you could edit the kernel
> params at boot-time to coerce the correct device ID.
>
> HTH,
>
> - --
> Rob
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Do you mind telling me how to set the kernel parameters at boot time. I use
Ubuntu all the time and use the command line a lot, but this is different
for me. I am not an advanced user by any means. I understand what you are
saying, but  I didn't see that option.

By-the-way, thanks for your speedy reply. Much appreciated, I assure you.
Matthew