Try searching the list archive. There was patch to delay the mount attempt to give USB time to wakeup. I'm not sure if that patch is in 2.4.22 or not.
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, David Mattes wrote: > hi, > > i have a computer with a new BIOS that supports USB-HDD booting and i > have an IOmega 256MB USB storage device. i'm trying to get these to > boot linux 2.4.22. the boot sequence makes it to the point where it > actually has to mount the root partition, and it fails. i have scsi > support built-in, and i know the device is recognized (sorry i can't > duplicate the messages here). i get the classic error: > > VFS: Cannot open root device sda1 (08:01) > > even though i included the root=/dev/sda1 boot option. it seems to me > that the sd_mod driver isn't being loaded? if it were, the kernel would > know to mount /dev/sda1 on /. does anyone have experience with this? > i'm trying to avoid using an initrd to load the drivers. > > thanks, > david > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it > help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help > YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
