From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261960AbUL0T7g (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:59:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261961AbUL0T5R (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:57:17 -0500 Received: from dialin-162-123.tor.primus.ca ([216.254.162.123]:7808 "EHLO node1.opengeometry.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261960AbUL0T4w (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:56:52 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:56:45 -0500 From: William Park To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: waiting 10s before mounting root filesystem? Message-ID: <20041227195645.GA2282@node1.opengeometry.net> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org How do I make the kernel to wait about 10s before attempting to mount root filesystem? Is there obscure kernel parameter? I can load the kernel from /dev/fd0, then mount /dev/hda2 as root filesystem. But, I can't seem to mount /dev/sda1 (USB key drive) as root filesystem. All relevant USB and SCSI modules are compiled into the kernel. I think kernel is too fast in panicking. I would like the kernel to wait about 10s until 'usb-storage' and 'sd_mod' work out all the details. -- William Park Open Geometry Consulting, Toronto, Canada Linux solution for data processing.