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Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:34:20 +0200
From: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: USB root filesytem using a 2.6 kernel?
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On 9/13/05, Jeff Stevens <jsteve17@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Has anyone had any luck booting from a linux filesytem
> on a USB pen drive running 2.6?

It's a timing issue - your USB stick doesn't get detected / scanned
for partitions before the kernel tries to mount the rootfs. Use the
rootdelay kernel parameter to force a delay (of E.G. 10s) to fix it.

You might need to upgrade your kernel through, I think it was added in 2.6.=
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard