SuSE 9.3 64-Bit and problems with booting from usb-stick

[Peter_22@xxxxxx]

Hi!

SuSE 9.3 (64-bit) make me trouble using an usb-stick to mount encrypted root
partition. So far I made it to build-in all features needed to boot from
usb-stick. The point is, mounting /dev/sdb1 as /lib fails somehow. I don´t
know exactly why:-(
Here is what mkinitrd says:
mkinitrd
Root device:    /dev/sda2 (mounted on / as ext3)
Module list:    sata_via via82cxxx jbd ext3

Kernel image:   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11.4-20a-default
Initrd image:   /boot/initrd-2.6.11.4-20a-default
Shared libs:    lib/ld-2.3.4.so lib/libc.so.6 lib64/ld-2.3.4.so
lib64/libblkid.so.1.0 lib64/libc.so.6 lib64/libcom_err.so.2.1
lib64/libext2fs.so.2.4 lib64/libselinux.so.1 lib64/libuuid.so.1.2

Driver modules: kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_mod.ko
kernel/drivers/scsi/sd_mod.ko kernel/drivers/scsi/libata.ko
kernel/drivers/scsi/sata_via.ko kernel/drivers/ide/ide-core.ko
kernel/drivers/ide/pci/via82cxxx.ko kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.ko
kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.ko kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd.ko
Filesystem modules:     kernel/fs/jbd/jbd.ko kernel/fs/ext3/ext3.ko
Including:      klibc initramfs udev fsck.ext3
Bootsplash:     SuSE (1024x768)
9919 blocks

I wonder about these "shared libs". They can´t be built into the kernel but
seem to be needed for mounting partitions.
Has somebody an idea what to do about the shared libs
lib/ld-2.3.4.so
lib/libc.so.6
lib64/ld-2.3.4.so
lib64/libblkid.so.1.0
lib64/libc.so.6
lib64/libcom_err.so.2.1
lib64/libext2fs.so.2.4
lib64/libselinux.so.1
lib64/libuuid.so.1.2
This problem didn´t show up before. The initrd-2.6.11.4-20a-default file
that suse creates is 2MB large, larger than the kernel itself.

Regards,
Peter

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