aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/liveinit.tpl
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'liveinit.tpl')
-rw-r--r--liveinit.tpl13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/liveinit.tpl b/liveinit.tpl
index ffd6784..07eb089 100644
--- a/liveinit.tpl
+++ b/liveinit.tpl
@@ -422,10 +422,15 @@ fi
# Sometimes the devices need extra time to be available.
# A root filesystem on USB is a good example of that.
-echo "${MARKER}: Sleeping $WAIT seconds to give slow USB devices some time."
-sleep $WAIT
-# Fire at least one blkid:
-blkid 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+# Actually we are going to retry a few times for as long as needed:
+for ITER in 1 2 3 4 5 6 ; do
+ echo "${MARKER}: Sleeping $WAIT seconds to give slow USB devices some time."
+ sleep $WAIT
+ # Fire one blkid to probe for readiness:
+ blkid -p 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+ [ $? -eq 0 ] && break
+ echo "${MARKER}: No sign of life from USB device, you're on your own..."
+done
if [ "$RESCUE" = "" ]; then
if [ $LOCALHD -eq 1 ]; then