I'm out of town right now, will let you know tomorrow. Tim
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristian Kielhofner Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 00:46 To: Discussion of AstLinux - Asterisk on Compact Flash Subject: Re: [Astlinux-users] AstLinux 0.4.2 USB Issues Released Timothy R. McKee wrote: > Reported on web form, but reproduced here just in case. (Since the > site is moving to SF, I'm not sure what may end up lost in the > transition.) > > 0.4.2 has an issue with USB drives. The image completes its boot and > declares itself unable to find a CDRom at least 4 full seconds > *before* the system detects my USB CDRom, Disks, and Keys. > > There needs to be an 8 second wait inserted into the linuxrc (in the > initrd > image) immediately after loading the USB drivers. This will give the > system enough time to recognize USB devices that are slow to be registered. > Alternately, you could use a boot parameter (waitusb) in the boot > command, test for it in linuxrc, and wait only if present. > > Tim McKee > SDN Global Tim, The USB drivers are included in the kernel - they are not loaded as modules. In order to insert a delay manually, you can add rootdelay=10 to the kernel command line. Give that a shot! I have not previously considered someone booting AstLinux from CD-ROM on a USB controller. Let me know how this works... -- Kristian Kielhofner _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.kriscompanies.com/mailman/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
