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--- userdoc:boot-usb-storage [2014/07/06 14:43]
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+++ userdoc:boot-usb-storage [2014/07/06 15:02]
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 The problem is it takes longer for USB storage devices to be recognized and available to the Linux Kernel, compared with IDE or SATA.  While RUNNIX will boot, AstLinux may fail with the message "AstLinux medium not found.", followed by the USB drive mounting a few seconds later.
-The simple solution is to add "rootdelay=10" to the kernel command-line, explained below.
+The simple solution is to add "rootdelay=10" to the AstLinux kernel command-line, explained below.
+!!Note ->!! It is assumed the AstLinux raw image has been transferred to the USB Flash Drive.
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-**Mount USB Flash Drive:**
+**Mount the USB Flash Drive:**
+Mount your USB Flash Drive on any machine where you can edit text files, it is a FAT16 partition.  The disk label is "RUNNIX".  Most any desktop OS will work fine.
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 Edit the line beginning with "KCMD=" and add "rootdelay=10" after the "astlive".
-Old:
+Old (without "rootdelay=10"):
   KCMD="root=/dev/ram0 rw init=/linuxrc astlinux=geni586 astimg=astlinux-1.1.6.run astkd=auto asturw=auto astlive libata.dma=3 console=ttyS0,19200n8"
-New:
+New (with "rootdelay=10"):
   KCMD="root=/dev/ram0 rw init=/linuxrc astlinux=geni586 astimg=astlinux-1.1.6.run astkd=auto asturw=auto astlive rootdelay=10 libata.dma=3 console=ttyS0,19200n8"