Hello Nick, There is a "usb_wait" variable in the root.linuxrc sript (in the initrd package), you can set it to a higher value. It's currently 1 second.
If you boot the system with your workaround, you can edit that value and backup the initrd package. Eric Spakman > Hi all, > > I would like boot LEAF from a USB stick device, but am having some > difficulties. It seems my USB drive isn't being seen soon enough. It only > seems to find the LRPs if I add a "diskwait=yes" option to syslinux.cfg. > Otherwise I get package-not-found errors. > > The USB subsystem seems to be loading fine - I am using the appropriate > initrd_usb.lrp module (I think) and the driver apparently finds a UHCI > controller. However, I get no information about /dev/sda1 unless I put in > that diskwait=yes option. I need to find a way to put in some kind of wait > or delay so it requires no user interaction to proceed with package > processing. > > My syslinux.cfg: > ==== > display syslinux.dpy > timeout 0 > default linux initrd=initrd_u.lrp init=/linuxrc rw root=/dev/ram0 > boot=/dev/sda1:msdos PKGPATH=/dev/sda1 LRP=root,etc,local,modules > ==== > > Using LEAFCFG led to errors, probably because it requires /dev/sda1 to be > present. > > Again, the above cfg works fine if I add "diskwait=yes". It errors out > looking for packages if not. > > Could there be some race condition here where LINUXRC isn't waiting long > enough for my USB drive to be registered? If I add "diskwait=yes" the > first line AFTER "LINUXRC - PLEASE INSERT DISK2" is "/dev/sda1 registered" > (or something to that effect) hmmm... > > I would really appreciate any help here...it would get me out of a major jam. > > Thanks, > Nick > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting > Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time > by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. > Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > leaf-user mailing list: [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user > SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IntelliVIEW -- Interactive Reporting Tool for open source databases. Create drag-&-drop reports. Save time by over 75%! Publish reports on the web. Export to DOC, XLS, RTF, etc. Download a FREE copy at http://www.intelliview.com/go/osdn_nl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
