On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:25:04 +0100
Dietmar Rieder <dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> thanks for the suggestion. I'm not sure how to add this option?

When you see the boot prompt "boot:"  you type: lts usbdelay=10

-nc

> 
> Anyway, when the alpine is in the recovery shell ("/ #") I see that
> the USB stick /dev/sda is mounted. I also see the activity led
> flashing during the boot, so I guess the usb controller is
> initialized. I also see the # progress bar going to 100% (see [1]
> screenshot)
> 
> I do not have such issues with older versions of Alpine.
> 
> Best
>     Dietmar
> 
> [1]: 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mwY6iyx8sav_-Z4zcxnwSDobJljo8G9A/view?usp=sharing>
> 
> On 1/21/21 5:15 PM, Natanael Copa wrote:
> > 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
> >>  
> >   
> 
> 

Hi Natanael,

thanks for your help, I was missing the lts (tried vanilla and virt).
But unfortunately this doesn't change anything, it just takes 10 seconds 
longer.

Best
   Dietmar

On 1/22/21 8:20 AM, Natanael Copa wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:25:04 +0100
> Dietmar Rieder <dietmar.rieder@i-med.ac.at> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> thanks for the suggestion. I'm not sure how to add this option?
> 
> When you see the boot prompt "boot:"  you type: lts usbdelay=10
> 
> -nc
> 
>>
>> Anyway, when the alpine is in the recovery shell ("/ #") I see that
>> the USB stick /dev/sda is mounted. I also see the activity led
>> flashing during the boot, so I guess the usb controller is
>> initialized. I also see the # progress bar going to 100% (see [1]
>> screenshot)
>>
>> I do not have such issues with older versions of Alpine.
>>
>> Best
>>      Dietmar
>>
>> [1]:
>> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mwY6iyx8sav_-Z4zcxnwSDobJljo8G9A/view?usp=sharing>
>>
>> On 1/21/21 5:15 PM, Natanael Copa wrote:
>>> 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
>>>>   
>>>    
>>
>>
> 


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