Description of problem: When using latest kernels I can't boot off my USB Hard drive Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): latest working kernel is kernel-2.6.27-0.244.rc2.git1.fc10.i686 How reproducible: just boot off an HD drive Steps to Reproduce: 1.switch on computer 2.wait 3. Actual results: I get following messages: stabilized: stat /proc/bus/usb/devices: No such file or directory Reading all physical volumes.This may take a while Volume group "VolGroup00" not found Unable to access resume device (dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01) mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext3: No such file or directory setuproot moving /dev failed:No such file or directory setuproot error mounting /proc switchroot: mount failed: /sys No such file or directory Expected results: normal boot Additional info: some other reporter sees slightly different messages
kernel-2.6.27-0.186.rc0.git15.fc10.i686 has same problem... I switch to urgent as in continuous upgrading some user booting off any USB device can experience a system that is not booting any more....
my previous comment has to be read as kernel-2.6.27-0.297.rc5.git2.fc10.i686 kernel-2.6.27-0.186.rc0.git15.fc10.i686 is running fine....
kernel-2.6.27-0.305.rc5.git6.fc10.i686 doesn't boot either
kernel-2.6.27-0.312.rc5.git7.fc10.i686 doesn't boot either
I was looking around this bug, I can't boot from usb too. Problem is located inside mkinitrd, new kernels don't use ?hci-hcd.ko modules, but mkinitrd uses them for usb boot detection. In all these broken initrd.imgs there is missing line: mount -t usbfs /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb if you add this line into your initrd.img/init after this line: mkblkdevs it'll be bootable again (I won't write here how to modify initrd.img, you can find it via google) Problem is that all these modules are not modules anymore, but they are directly in kernel. For now only usb-storage.ko is remaining as a module, but for how long? Better usb detection in mkinitrd is needed
I've prepared patch to fix this, going to test it now
Created attachment 316076 [details] patch against mkinitrd-6.0.62
Well... I can see it's already fixed in mkinitrd's git repository since 11 Aug 2008. This will be fixed in new released version.
Created attachment 316160 [details] upstream's patch for usb booting this patch is applicable against mkinitrd 6.0.62 in cvs, new version of mkinitrd should be released or mkinitrd-6.0.62 should repackaged with this patch to fix this for F10Beta
2.6.27-0.317.rc5.git10.fc10.i686 is booting fine. I suggest that it can be closed...