Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-19 Thread Xi Shen
thanks you all. rootdelay=10 is what i need. On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Robert Bridge wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Kyle Bader wrote: >> Is it rootdelay or scandelay? > > rootdelay according to the stuff I found online. It's a delay to the > mounting of the root file-system.

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-18 Thread Robert Bridge
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 1:59 AM, Kyle Bader wrote: > Is it rootdelay or scandelay? rootdelay according to the stuff I found online. It's a delay to the mounting of the root file-system. And regarding 30s, I picked that on the basis of better too long than too short. I had similar problems at one

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-18 Thread Kyle Bader
Is it rootdelay or scandelay? On 12/18/09, Robert Bridge wrote: > Try passing a rootdelay option to the kernel to allow the kernels USB > probe to complete before it tries to mount the USB device. > > e.g. kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/usbhdd rootdelay=30 in grub > > -- Sent from my mobile devi

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-18 Thread Marcus Wanner
On 12/18/2009 7:39 PM, Robert Bridge wrote: Try passing a rootdelay option to the kernel to allow the kernels USB probe to complete before it tries to mount the USB device. e.g. kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/usbhdd rootdelay=30 in grub 30 seconds is a bit much, IMHO. USB probes in my experie

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-18 Thread Robert Bridge
Try passing a rootdelay option to the kernel to allow the kernels USB probe to complete before it tries to mount the USB device. e.g. kernel /boot/kernel root=/dev/usbhdd rootdelay=30 in grub

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-18 Thread Kyle Bader
Scsi support maybe? On 12/17/09, Bruce Hill wrote: > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 09:14:48AM +0800, Xi Shen wrote: >> ok. but it looks like the gmail web client encourage top post ;) > > That doesn't make it easy to read. This is how we see it when you top-post: > > A: Because you are doing it wrong.

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-17 Thread Xi Shen
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Willie Wong wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 03:47:14PM +0800, Penguin Lover Xi Shen squawked: >> i installed my gentoo on a usb HD disk, and i have compiled scsi, usb, >> ata drivers into the kernel. but when boot, the system still cannot >> find my usb hd, but i

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-17 Thread Bruce Hill
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 09:14:48AM +0800, Xi Shen wrote: > ok. but it looks like the gmail web client encourage top post ;) That doesn't make it easy to read. This is how we see it when you top-post: A: Because you are doing it wrong. > >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Alan McKinnon > >> wro

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-17 Thread Xi Shen
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Steffen Loos wrote: > Xi Shen schrieb: >> >> sorry, could you be more specific? i cannot follow you ;) >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Alan McKinnon >> wrote: >>> >>> On Thursday 17 December 2009 09:47:14 Xi Shen wrote: hi, i install

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-17 Thread Dale
What file system did you use on the USB drive? Did you compile support for that file system in the kernel? It can't be a module, it has to be compiled into the kernel itself. Dale P. S. Top posted because he did. Please don't shoot the messenger. Xi Shen wrote: sorry, could you be mor

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-17 Thread Steffen Loos
Xi Shen schrieb: sorry, could you be more specific? i cannot follow you ;) On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: On Thursday 17 December 2009 09:47:14 Xi Shen wrote: hi, i installed my gentoo on a usb HD disk, and i have compiled scsi, usb, ata drivers into the kernel. but w

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-17 Thread Willie Wong
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 03:47:14PM +0800, Penguin Lover Xi Shen squawked: > i installed my gentoo on a usb HD disk, and i have compiled scsi, usb, > ata drivers into the kernel. but when boot, the system still cannot > find my usb hd, but it did find my hd on my laptop. what i missed? I don't comp

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-17 Thread Xi Shen
sorry, could you be more specific? i cannot follow you ;) On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Thursday 17 December 2009 09:47:14 Xi Shen wrote: >> hi, >> >> i installed my gentoo on a usb HD disk, and i have compiled scsi, usb, >> ata drivers into the kernel. but when boot

Re: [gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-17 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Thursday 17 December 2009 09:47:14 Xi Shen wrote: > hi, > > i installed my gentoo on a usb HD disk, and i have compiled scsi, usb, > ata drivers into the kernel. but when boot, the system still cannot > find my usb hd, but it did find my hd on my laptop. what i missed? > You missed the filesy

[gentoo-user] usb HD cannot boot without initramfs

2009-12-16 Thread Xi Shen
hi, i installed my gentoo on a usb HD disk, and i have compiled scsi, usb, ata drivers into the kernel. but when boot, the system still cannot find my usb hd, but it did find my hd on my laptop. what i missed? -- Best Regards, David Shen http://twitter.com/davidshen84/ http://meme.yahoo.com/da