+echo "pl_hwinit: loading floppy device driver"
+/sbin/modprobe floppy
+
+# always wait a bit between loading the usb drivers, and checking /sys/
+# for usb devices (this isn't necessarily for waiting for mass storage files,
+# that is done below)
+echo "pl_hwinit: waiting for usb system to initialize."
+/bin/sleep 10s
+