From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264791AbUEPTPQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 May 2004 15:15:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264792AbUEPTPQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 May 2004 15:15:16 -0400 Received: from eri.interia.pl ([217.74.65.138]:57456 "EHLO eri.interia.pl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264791AbUEPTPM (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 May 2004 15:15:12 -0400 Message-ID: <40A7BDBC.9010209@interia.pl> Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 21:15:08 +0200 From: Tomasz Chmielewski User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040229) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: root fs on usb - is patching kernel still needed? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, I've been trying to boot Linux from an root fs which is on an usb-stick (kernel is on a bootdisk floppy). Unfortunately, the kernel seems to try to mount the filesystem which is on an usb-stick too fast, before usb shows up for the kernel. While reading this list I found several patches solving this problem, which wait a bit before root fs is mounted, which re-try in a loop to mount root fs etc. Are there any solutions for this problem in stable or pre- kernel tree yet (2.4 or 2.6)? If not, will such a solution be ever included in a stable kernel? Or maybe are there any easier solutions for this (some lilo or grub option?) Regards, Tomasz Chmielewski