arch linux not boots from USB

[soloturn]

tried to use booster with arch linux. on local disk it works, but booting from usb disk or memory stick does not, it just waits forever. with the linux kernel as well as the linux-lts kernel. tried to use "universal: true", but no change in behaviour.

[anatol]

What is the best way to get that usb disk configuration? So I could debug it locally.

[soloturn]

not sure. the mkcpio image contains "usb-storage", while boosters image does not.

lsinitcpio /boot/initramfs-linux.img

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VERSION

lsinitcpio /boot/booster-linux.img

init
usr
usr/lib
usr/lib/modules
usr/lib/modules/cryptd.ko
usr/lib/modules/vfat.ko
usr/lib/modules/rng_core.ko
usr/lib/modules/xhci_pci_renesas.ko
usr/lib/modules/serio_raw.ko
usr/lib/modules/crc32_pclmul.ko
usr/lib/modules/tpm_tis_core.ko
usr/lib/modules/crypto_simd.ko
usr/lib/modules/serio.ko
usr/lib/modules/ccm.ko
usr/lib/modules/fat.ko
usr/lib/modules/ghash_clmulni_intel.ko
usr/lib/modules/crc32c_intel.ko
usr/lib/modules/fuse.ko
usr/lib/modules/crc16.ko
usr/lib/modules/i8042.ko
usr/lib/modules/nls_iso8859_1.ko
usr/lib/modules/usbhid.ko
usr/lib/modules/mbcache.ko
usr/lib/modules/crct10dif_pclmul.ko
usr/lib/modules/tpm_tis.ko
usr/lib/modules/e1000e.ko
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usr/lib/modules/crypto_user.ko
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usr/lib/modules/aesni_intel.ko
usr/lib/modules/libps2.ko
usr/lib/modules/atkbd.ko
usr/lib/modules/jbd2.ko
usr/lib/modules/ext4.ko
usr/lib/modules/booster.alias
etc
etc/booster.init.yaml
etc/initrd-release

[soloturn]

lsusb lists the the type

$ lsusb -t
/:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/6p, 5000M
    |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, 5000M
/:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/12p, 480M
    |__ Port 5: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Chip/SmartCard, Driver=, 12M
    |__ Port 8: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 8: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
    |__ Port 10: Dev 4, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M
    |__ Port 10: Dev 4, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M

[anatol]

I mean how to reproduce the same disk configuration that you have.

Do you have bootloader and /boot partition at your USB? Or just root partition stays at USB.

Also please enable debugging with booster.debug kernel boot parameter and let me know what do you see.

[anatol]

Also does it make any difference if you add modules: usb_storage to the booster configuration and regenerate the image?

[anatol]

@soloturn I just pushed a change that adds usb_storage driver to initramfs by default. It should make your initramfs image bootable from USB. Please test wip branch if you have a chance.