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Is there a way to make Gentoo or other Linux allow extra time when root is on a USB device? Any way to say "just a second" or more like 15 seconds before aborting with the message that root partition does not exist? |
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In this case it's an IDE hard drive in a USB enclosure. |
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FreeBSD seems to handle this situation better. I would get a |
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mountroot> |
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prompt, to which I would respond |
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ufs:/dev/ada0p3 |
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and be good. |
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I could avoid this situation with /boot/loader.conf |
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legal.realtek.license_ack=1 |
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rsu-rtl8712fw_load="YES" |
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kern.cam.scsi_delay="13000" # Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI |
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kern.cam.boot_delay="16000" # Delay (in ms) of root mount for CAM bus |
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hint.re.0.disabled="1" |
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but don't know if Linux has anything like this. |
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Only lines 3 and 4 are relevant to this issue; other lines are for different issues. |
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Tom |