On 8/31/07, Mitch Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The fact that it does work from the ok prompt suggests that the problem > is indeed the USB detection instead of the partitioning. Is this a Mmm... originally, according to the wiki and previous discussions, most problem seems lead to partitioning. Maybe this slow detection issue should worth listed on wiki?
> FLASH device or a real disk? We have seen some USB disks that take > several seconds to detect. It's a cheap and slow USB 2.0 flash drive. > When you hold down the game key to get the ok prompt, that gives the USB > device a longer time between when USB power is applied and when > enumeration starts - power is applied before the "Release the game key" > message and enumeration happens afterwards, so you can control the time > delay by holding the key longer. > It should be possible to auto-boot by holding the key, then releasing > it, then letting the countdown expire without typing the game key. > > You can also hold down a different game key, not the "X" one. Any game > key will trigger the "Release the game key" delay, but only the X key > enables the OK prompt. Ok. I'll try how it works. > I am hesitant to increase the USB enumeration time delay, because that > would penalize the majority of systems that will boot nearly always from > NAND FLASH. Sure. -- Best regards, Yuan Chao _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
