[Debian-eeepc-devel] Mounting SD Card at boot time

[Michael Pobega]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 07:42:32PM +0100, Kuno Woudt wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 12:28:14PM -0500, Michael Pobega wrote:
> > I have an EeePC 901, and I have a problem with my SD card not mounting
> > at bootup; my SD card is only recognized JUST AFTER my file systems are
> > mounted.
> 
> Odd, I don't have this problem on my 901 with the default debian-eeepc
> install.  Perhaps the speed of the SD card has an affect on this?   
> 
> As a temporary solution you can add a 'rootdelay=5' option to the kernel 
> line in /boot/grub/menu.list.  This delays mounting the root filesystem 
> by 5 seconds, allowing devices to settle.  This obviously is not an 
> optimal solution, but might be a workable solution until you figure
> out how to do it properly.
> 
> -- kuno.
> 

I guess I spoke too soon, as your fix doesn't seem to work anymore.
Anyone have any other ideas?

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