On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 14:07:20 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2025-09-18 13:18:38 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2025-09-17 10:31:24 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > - reboot using that "slim" initrd.img. > > > > I've tried that, but the kernel crashes. The journalctl output shows > > in particular: > > > > Sep 18 12:46:25 qaa kernel: nouveau: detected PR support, will not use DSM > > Sep 18 12:46:25 qaa kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GA107 (b77000a1) > > Sep 18 12:46:25 qaa kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: firmware: failed to load > > nvidia/ga107/gsp/gsp-570.144.bin (-2) > [...] > > Such failures occur because the disk is not available yet. > Isn't there a way to delay firmware loading until the > partition has been mounted?
Sure. Put the firmware in the initrd image.

