diff -Nurp genkernel-3.4.5.orig/generic/initrd.scripts genkernel-3.4.5/generic/initrd.scripts
--- genkernel-3.4.5.orig/generic/initrd.scripts	2006-11-14 15:55:40.000000000 +0100
+++ genkernel-3.4.5/generic/initrd.scripts	2007-01-05 18:26:30.000000000 +0100
@@ -323,11 +323,27 @@ start_dev_mgr() {
 	then
 		cd /sys
 		[ "${DO_slowusb}" ] && sleep 10
+
+	        # Smarter control
+        	[ "${DO_slowusb}" ] || \
+        	for dir in /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb-storage/*; do
+                	if [ -d "${dir}" ]
+                	then
+                        	FORCE_slowusb="1"
+                	fi
+        	done
+        	[ "${FORCE_slowusb}" ] && sleep 10
+
 		kill_devfsd
 		good_msg 'Activating mdev'
 #		runUdev
 		runmdev
 		[ "${DO_slowusb}" ] && sleep 20
+
+                # Smarter control
+                [ "${DO_slowusb}" ] || \
+                [ "${FORCE_slowusb}" ] && sleep 20
+
 		cd /
 	else
 		good_msg 'Activating devfs'
diff -Nurp genkernel-3.4.5.orig/generic/linuxrc genkernel-3.4.5/generic/linuxrc
--- genkernel-3.4.5.orig/generic/linuxrc	2007-01-05 18:15:00.000000000 +0100
+++ genkernel-3.4.5/generic/linuxrc	2007-01-05 18:24:57.000000000 +0100
@@ -647,6 +647,16 @@ then
 	export CDBOOT
 	CDBOOT=1
 	[ "${DO_slowusb}" ] && sleep 10
+
+	# Smarter control
+	[ "${DO_slowusb}" ] || \
+	for dir in /sys/bus/usb/drivers/usb-storage/*; do
+		if [ -d "${dir}" ]
+		then
+			FORCE_slowusb="1"
+		fi
+	done
+	[ "${FORCE_slowusb}" ] && sleep 10
 else
 	if [ "${USE_UNIONFS_NORMAL}" -eq '1' ]
 	then