Wwan sticks (UMTS modems) usually start up as a virtual USB CD-ROM drive from which the drivers and the dialer application is installed. The driver then switches on the modem part of the device. This configuration messes with the boot process, because the U-Boot scripts and the Linux kernel appear to treat the virtual CD-ROM differently and that results in the kernel getting a wrong "root" parameter. This only happens when the 3G modem is attached to a USB port which is enumerated before the USB port to which the boot medium is attached. The order of the USB ports on the Dockstar is:
1: mini-USB on top
2: next to the Ethernet port
3: next to second
4: right side