Ticket #2023: initramfs-retry-find-cd.patch

init.in

@@ -83 +83 @@
 do_mount_cd() {
         while [ ! -L /dev/lfs-cd ] ; do
                 find_cd
+
                 if [ ! -L /dev/lfs-cd ] ; then
+                        echo "LFS LiveCD not found, retrying a few times."
+                        TRIES=5
+                        DELAY=6    # 30 seconds total
+
+                        for (( i=1 ; i<=$TRIES ; i++ )) ; do
+                                [ -L /dev/lfs-cd ] && break
+
+                                echo -n "Retry attempt $i of $TRIES... "
+                                sleep $DELAY
+                                find_cd
+
+                                [ -L /dev/lfs-cd ] && echo "success!" || echo "failed!"
+                        done
+                fi
+
+                if [ ! -L /dev/lfs-cd ] ; then
                         echo ""
                         echo "LFS LiveCD could not find its device, perhaps due to"
                         echo "unsupported or undetected hardware. Or maybe this is"
-                        echo "just a slow SCSI or USB controller that needs some time"
+                        echo "just a slow SCSI or USB controller that needs more time"
                         echo "to settle (workaround: add rootdelay=10 to the kernel"
                         echo "command line in the boot loader)."
                         echo ""