On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Ronald <ronald.gadget@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I run F20 root FS with F21 3.12.1-2.fc21.armv7hl kernel. (see > http://www.swissdutch.ch:4999/ ) on my Wandboard quad. > > I cannot boot from sata, as the root FS is being mounted about 4 seconds > before the sata device is ready during the fedora boot process. > (And yes, I understand uSD card is needed for uboot, kernel, mouting /boot > fs etc. That is perfectly acceptable - I just want the root FS and swap to > be coming from Sata for obvious reasons). > > I try to understand the magics of Fedora boot, initramfs and the likes. It > seems I need to get a PhD for this! ;-) Unlikely, I don't have one ;-) > Question: how do I ensure the root fs is mounted AFTER the sata device is > ready??? > Some people suggested adding a sleep command ro a dependency - my question > is where and how in the initramfs do I do such a thing??? dracut controls the initrd and the entire early boot process. Most things you should be able to add to /etc/dracut.conf and then you'll need to regenerate the initrd using dracut. The man pages and docs are relatively good. > (again, when booting pointing the root fs to the sd card, the sata is > working fine at the first login as seen with fdisk -l). It sounds like your not getting the right modules into the initrd. Make sure you add the appropriate modules into the dracut.conf and then regenerating the initrd. Peter _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
