Bas Wijnen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Package: casper
> Version: 1.71+debian-1
> Tags: patch, important
>
> When booting from a usb device, some time is needed before the device is
> actually visible for the system. Casper seems to solve this by trying to
> detect the device 20 times. However, if there is no slow part in the
> detection (which happens if there is no other device to mount, for example),
> those 20 detections are done real fast, and all finished before the device
> shows up. The attached patch adds a "sleep 2" in the loop, so it takes at
> least 40 seconds. That should be enough for everyone. ;-)
>
> At least in my case, where I was booting off a usb hard drive, it didn't work
> without the patch, but worked fine with it.
Just for the record:
Knowing this is the cause of the problem it is possible to workaround
it by booting with:
linux persistent break=mount
waiting with (intiramfs) prompt for USB devices to be autodetected and
then pressing Ctrl-D to continue.
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=*= Łukasz Pankowski =*=
