Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:15:50 +0100
From: Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
To: Dietmar Rieder <dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at>
Cc: ~alpine/users@lists.alpinelinux.org
Subject: Re: upgrade from 3.12.3 to 3.13.0
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On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:02:55 +0100
Dietmar Rieder <dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to upgrade a diskless installation (config and apk cache on 
> usb) from Alpine 3.12.3 to 3.13.0 but while booting the new ISO image I 
> get the following error when the USB stick is inserted:
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ISOLINUX 6.04 4.04-pre1 Copyright (C) 1994-2015 H. Peter Anvin et al
> boot:
> /sbin/init not found in new root. Launching emergency recovery shell
> Type exit to Continue boot.
> sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
> / #
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> When I boot the new ISO an empty USB stick all works fine and I can 
> configure Alpine from scratch. However I'd like to upgrade and migrate 
> my previous settings and packages as I used to do whenever I switched 
> release.
> 
> Is there any way to solve that problem?

Does it boot if you add the boot option usbdelay=10?

Might be that the usb controller needs more than a ssecond to initialize.

> 
> Thanks
>     Dietmar
>