From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NLoVm-0006km-Gf for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:53:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 41117E0796; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmmtao104.cox.net (eastrmmtao104.cox.net [68.230.240.46]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B636E0796 for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:53:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo03.cox.net ([68.1.16.126]) by eastrmmtao104.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20091219015328.KHHL22110.eastrmmtao104.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:53:28 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.100] ([68.226.67.252]) by eastrmimpo03.cox.net with bizsmtp id JptT1d00C5Sa0uU02ptTEm; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:53:27 -0500 X-VR-Score: -100.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=EvRd2doraLOGgXPtCxYls7kl7Mkc7muryAdTQQ/qGWU= c=1 sm=1 a=U2-EKS-_F-UA:10 a=w8vW1BtY9Kn2S3BlLC7G9Q==:17 a=_14f7juKRO5dvKef5m0A:9 a=RVxwdtaOY4sYEQsqYkNHoRNHJ3AA:4 a=w8vW1BtY9Kn2S3BlLC7G9Q==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Message-ID: <4B2C31EB.7010204@cox.net> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:52:43 -0500 From: Marcus Wanner User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091204 Thunderbird/3.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs References: <53e35fd50912162347r5955c7a9tca2901167ca4f2ef@mail.gmail.com> <200912171001.16471.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> <53e35fd50912170210m7c89eb6ft2ae02c5e9b39bcab@mail.gmail.com> <4B2A41D6.70209@gmx.net> <53e35fd50912171714q38d44fdfkbdfd9794654df935@mail.gmail.com> <20091218013313.GA7894@silas64> <854dca5c0912181627p4dfed9dv4a3c40e9a2117bf5@mail.gmail.com> <15719e8b0912181639m7f408449m78ed45b967a8594@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <15719e8b0912181639m7f408449m78ed45b967a8594@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: b2418962-6060-45a8-953a-53ab5addf76d X-Archives-Hash: e31df3c8aa13a1e0a9c940283aeead34 On 12/18/2009 7:39 PM, Robert Bridge wrote: > Try passing a rootdelay option to the kernel to allow the kernels USB > probe to complete before it tries to mount the USB device. > > e.g. kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/usbhdd rootdelay=30 in grub > 30 seconds is a bit much, IMHO. USB probes in my experience never take more than 5. Marcus