On Friday 14 August 2015 16:46:47 James wrote: > James <wireless <at> tampabay.rr.com> writes: > > Adding "rootdelay=30" to the kernel command line fixed it.
Doesn't help in this case though. > Netconsole can be added to your kernel or as a module. It greatly > helps to debug the boot processes. Maybe some gentoo folks are > using it as such? Here is an Arch linux setup page for netconsole that > should get netconsole running and sending debug information to > another system:: > > https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Boot_debugging#netconsole > > the document is excellent, but some steps may have to be mofified > for your particular setup and debug needs. Thanks James. I seem to have plenty of progress messages already; it isn't like a standard boot process because it's in a VM. Still, I'll have a look at it. -- Rgds Peter