>> FWIW only one device, the SD card, can't be found and it is listed >> about 20 times in the boot console before the LVM gives up. > > Is everything needed to use the SD card compiled into the kernel? As it > works after everything is loaded, I suspect not. Look for anything > relevant in the output of lsmod after the system loads and the card is > working, then either add those modules to the autoload file, or build > them into the kernel.
One step forward, two steps back. The missing module is mmc_block which I added to the file /etc/conf.d/modules(I upgraded to baselayout-2 thinking this would help). Did no good. I see dm-mod and mmc_block getting loaded alright and then just after 'Setting up the Logical Volume Manager': Locking type 1 initialisation failed Couldn't find devices with uuid etc... mw
