Re: Linux booting from USB HD / USB interface devices

[Matthew Dharm]

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On Sun, Jul 28, 2002 at 11:40:01AM -0400, David Ford wrote:
> Thank you for your reply.  I've started a rough draft of this project,=20
> http://blue-labs.org/ranger.php
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> Matthew Dharm wrote:
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> >>2) There are some vague comments about some devices requiring the=20
> >>ability to boot, are there some USB hard drives that are incapable of=
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> >>acting as a boot device?
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> >Yes.  They are few, tho.  The USB-IF is currently working on a bootabili=
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> >standard to eliminate this problem.
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> Is there a list of these somewhere that point out components that I=20
> should avoid?

Not to my knowledge.  USB bootability is a very touch-and-go thing for the
BIOS vendors right now... hopefully the specification being worked on now
will help.

> >THe stock kernel won't work.  There are patches floating around to make
> >this work.  Basically, the kernel needs to pause for a couple of seconds
> >before attempting to mount the root fs so that the plug-n-pray detection
> >can work, identify the drive, and get going.
> >
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> I'll go look for these patches, pointers are welcome of course.

Sorry, no pointers.  See if you can find a linux-usb-devel or
linux-usb-users archive.  You're searching for something that introduces a
"delay" (good keyword) in the boot process.

Matt

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