From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 468491381F3 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:45:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0FED3E0AEE; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:45:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1D8BE0A5F for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:45:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED79733E83D for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:45:17 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.15 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.15 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.341, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.009, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6nEyB8Pz2JvP for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:45:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3E70C33E7C7 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:45:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Uu7Rg-0007Cg-3x for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:45:04 +0200 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:45:04 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:45:04 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't find init due to inconsistent drive order Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:40:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <51D2E6CE.10803@gmail.com> <20130702162130.5d7f8256@hactar.digimed.co.uk> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 2fbd55b7-4617-42ba-b4b7-815e74c17835 X-Archives-Hash: bb2075dc3e2deba097ea7c1ffc1ee3d5 On 2013-07-02, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:09:28 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> > I had this problem on my Intel motherboard, and found out you can >> > disable booting from external drives. "Boot to removable devices" or >> > similar in the BIOS. Failing that, changing the boot order so that the >> > firewire/USB device is at the very end of the boot list may help your >> > situation. [...] > I'd go for the firewire-as-a-module approach and add the module to > /etc/conf.d/modules to make sure it is loaded ASAP. Yes, it is a > kludge, but it is the simplest solution from a practical POV. I changed the firewire storage driver from in-kernel to module, and that looks like it solves the problem. It appears to get demand-loaded immediately after root is mounted. Next time I do an install, I think I'll try GPT... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Now, let's SEND OUT at for QUICHE!! gmail.com