On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:35:54 -0800 (PST) "Stephen J. Gowdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| 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. The patch that I posted applies to 2.4.22. It's located in this dir: http://www.xenotime.net/linux/usb/ If you try it, please let me know how it goes or if it needs some tweaking. I was thinking about making it loop 10 times and then fail instead of trying forever. | 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 -- ~Randy MOTD: Always include version info. ------------------------------------------------------- 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
