On Mon, 2008-09-22 at 11:43 +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > I'm seeing this same problem on IBM HS21-8853 blades. > > It _seems_ like a bug in IRQ routing in BIOS/motherboard.. ACPI issue? > > With IBM blades I'm able to fix the problem by generating the initrd image > with "--without-usb" switch.. this delays the USB module initialization/loading, > somehow fixing the problem.. giving different IRQ to USB controller. > > -- Pasi > _______________________________________________ i just tried your fix and it solved the problem. now the usb drive does not disappear any more. Thank you !