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seth AT swoolley.homeip.net (seth AT swoolley.homeip.net) wrote [08.12.02 15:14]:
> for what it's worth, one of my servers uses a usb compact flash drive for 
> its boot partition.
> 
> I found I had to use "root=/dev/sdf1 ro rootwait" since the usb drive would 
> take some time to detect and if I didn't use rootwait, it would declare VFS 
> not found 
> before it had a chance to detect that device.
> 
> Seth

I think this is a different issue than what Robert was describing.
Robert was describing how to put the test4 ISO onto a usb key instead of
burning it onto a cd, and then booting the ISO from the usb key. It
sounds like you are describing the booting of an installed system. Did I
misunderstand what you were describing? This sounds like very useful
information about possible boot problems, so I think it's important we
are clear about what booting this applies to.

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Justin "flux_control" Boffemmyer
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