On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:12:03 -0400, francis picabia wrote: > On most of my older systems, I've needed to add the option rootdelay=9 > to make the system boot when upgrading to the kernel and such for > squeeze. Without it, the root file system is not found and it drops you > into the initramfs prompt.
Mmm, yes, it is documented: 4.6.3. Boot timing issues http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#boot-timing > I've fixed this on about 5 or more systems, and it has come to the point > where I have to wonder why does the kernel present this problem? Why > not have a safer default? The solution isn't hard, but it seems > pointless to break the boot up > for so many systems. Really an issue for kernel devs, but I suppose the > installer > for Squeeze could possibly use some sort of magic to guess when it might > be needed. I would ask at Debian kernel mailing list. > Can rootdelay=9 cause any problems? A delayed booting (+9 s)? :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2012.01.05.16.28...@gmail.com
