Author: alexander
Date: 2007-06-10 06:34:18 -0600 (Sun, 10 Jun 2007)
New Revision: 1912
Modified:
trunk/packages/initramfs/init.in
Log:
Retry finding the LiveCD device a few times
Modified: trunk/packages/initramfs/init.in
===================================================================
--- trunk/packages/initramfs/init.in 2007-06-10 12:10:55 UTC (rev 1911)
+++ trunk/packages/initramfs/init.in 2007-06-10 12:34:18 UTC (rev 1912)
@@ -81,14 +81,32 @@
}
do_mount_cd() {
+ i=1
while [ ! -L /dev/lfs-cd ] ; do
find_cd
+
if [ ! -L /dev/lfs-cd ] ; then
+ echo "LFS LiveCD not found."
+ TRIES=5
+ DELAY=6 # 30 seconds total
+
+ for (( ; i<=$TRIES ; i++ )) ; do
+ [ -L /dev/lfs-cd ] && break
+
+ echo -n "Retry attempt $i of $TRIES... "
+ sleep $DELAY
+ find_cd
+
+ [ -L /dev/lfs-cd ] && echo "success!" || echo
"failed!"
+ done
+ fi
+
+ if [ ! -L /dev/lfs-cd ] ; then
echo ""
echo "LFS LiveCD could not find its device, perhaps due
to"
echo "unsupported or undetected hardware. Or maybe this
is"
- echo "just a slow SCSI or USB controller that needs
some time"
- echo "to settle (workaround: add rootdelay=10 to the
kernel"
+ echo "just a slow SCSI or USB controller that needs
more time"
+ echo "to settle (workaround: add rootdelay=30 to the
kernel"
echo "command line in the boot loader)."
echo ""
echo "Dropping you to a shell."
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