Name

rootdelay — Time to delay before attempting to mount the root filesystem.

Synopsis

rootdelay= n

Wait n seconds before trying to mount the root filesystem. This can be useful if the root filesystem is on a USB or Firewire device, as those disk devices take a bit longer to be discovered by the kernel.

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