On 2013-07-02, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > On Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:09:28 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > >> > I had this problem on my Intel motherboard, and found out you can >> > disable booting from external drives. "Boot to removable devices" or >> > similar in the BIOS. Failing that, changing the boot order so that the >> > firewire/USB device is at the very end of the boot list may help your >> > situation.
[...] > I'd go for the firewire-as-a-module approach and add the module to > /etc/conf.d/modules to make sure it is loaded ASAP. Yes, it is a > kludge, but it is the simplest solution from a practical POV. I changed the firewire storage driver from in-kernel to module, and that looks like it solves the problem. It appears to get demand-loaded immediately after root is mounted. Next time I do an install, I think I'll try GPT... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Now, let's SEND OUT at for QUICHE!! gmail.com