Timothy R. McKee wrote:
> Reported on web form, but reproduced here just in case. (Since the site is
> moving to SF, I'm not sure what may end up lost in the transition.)
>
> 0.4.2 has an issue with USB drives. The image completes its boot and
> declares itself unable to find a CDRom at least 4 full seconds *before* the
> system detects my USB CDRom, Disks, and Keys.
>
> There needs to be an 8 second wait inserted into the linuxrc (in the initrd
> image) immediately after loading the USB drivers. This will give the system
> enough time to recognize USB devices that are slow to be registered.
> Alternately, you could use a boot parameter (waitusb) in the boot command,
> test for it in linuxrc, and wait only if present.
>
> Tim McKee
> SDN Global
Tim,
The USB drivers are included in the kernel - they are not loaded as
modules. In order to insert a delay manually, you can add rootdelay=10
to the kernel command line. Give that a shot!
I have not previously considered someone booting AstLinux from CD-ROM
on a USB controller. Let me know how this works...
--
Kristian Kielhofner
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