hooks/live, scripts/live: Add USB modules, workaround udevtrigger (?) bug

[live-boot-grml.git] / scripts / live

diff --git a/scripts/live b/scripts/live
index 7632fc8..797f5df 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/live
+++ b/scripts/live
@@ -994,6 +994,30 @@ setup_unionfs ()
        # Looking for "${root_persistence}" device or file
        if [ -n "${PERSISTENT}" ] && [ -z "${NOPERSISTENT}" ]
        then
+               # Load USB modules
+               num_block=$(ls -l /sys/block | wc -l)
+               for module in sd_mod uhci-hcd ehci-hcd ohci-hcd usb-storage
+               do
+                       modprobe -q -b ${module}
+               done
+
+               udevtrigger
+               udevsettle
+
+               # For some reason, udevsettle does not block in this scenario,
+               # so we sleep for a little while.
+               #
+               # See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/casper/+bug/84591
+               for timeout in 5 4 3 2 1
+               do
+                       sleep 1
+
+                       if [ $(ls -l /sys/block | wc -l) -gt ${num_block} ]
+                       then
+                               break
+                       fi
+               done
+
                cowprobe=$(find_cow_device "${root_persistence}")
 
                if [ -b "${cowprobe}" ]