For the last couple of days I have I been trying to install leap15.1 on a small Zotac Nano, a fanless mini PC. It is destined to become my new livingroom mythtv client. Until this morning, I was stopped at trying to make it boot after installation. It reads in the kernel and the initrd (afaict, judging by the time it takes) then it fails to mount the root device (/dev/sda2) and halts immediately. "unknown block device 0,0" (or some such). I have assumed it somehow does not load the right modules to access the SATA drive, and I been rebuilding the initrd with all kinds of variations. (force load modules etc). The Zotac does not have a serial port, so capturing all of the output isn't possible. I have tried with a USB-to-serial converter, but couldn't get it to work. afaict, netconsole also only loads later? Hmm, may have to try that one again. This morning, I decided I would copy the kernel and initrd to my tftp server and boot them with pxe. I had no expectations that this would produce any better result, just pure desperation. It worked!!! So here is the puzzle - why would a kernel+initrd boot from PXE but not from disk? -- Per Jessen, Zürich (7.8°C) http://www.hostsuisse.com/ - virtual servers, made in Switzerland. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org