Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Jun 2002 17:06:49 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.5] wait for devices to wake up before mounting root, but don't hang |
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On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 05:31:03PM -0600, Lightweight patch manager wrote: > Don't hang while waiting for root device to come up > > Someone mentioned that USB devices etc. can't be used for root fs since > it's probably not yet available at boot time. This approach is broken, for > sure, but it's at least supposed to rescue a small part of the whole (if > you see a panic, you know something went atree).
Why only loop for 60 seconds?
I prefer the patch posted previously by Eric Lammerts that just loops forever. But that's just me :)
thanks,
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