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On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 08:06:48PM +0100, Felix Kuperjans wrote: |
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> Mike Gilbert: |
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> > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Felix Kuperjans |
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> > <felix@××××××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> >> Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> >>> please review this news item, seems we need one after all |
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> >> Hello Samuli, |
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> >> |
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> >> /dev/root is no longer available in this udev version, so people who put |
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> >> this in their /etc/fstab might end up with an unbootable system. |
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> >> |
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> >> I suggest including in the news item, that /dev/root must be replaced |
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> >> with the actual root device or LABEL=..., UUID=... and the like in |
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> >> /etc/fstab. |
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> >> |
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> > fstab is not consulted for mounting the root filesystem, so it doesn't |
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> > really matter what you have in there. Either the kernel mounts it |
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> > based on the kernel command line, or your initramfs mounts it based on |
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> > whatever your /init programs does. |
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> Well, *if* a line with /dev/root is present in /etc/fstab, the system |
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> does not boot up properly (tested it right now). |
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> I always though such a line in /etc/fstab is needed so that fsck is run |
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> on the root filesystem... |
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That was an example in the fstab in the stages, but the handbook always |
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told you to replace /dev/root with the reference to the specific root |
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device. |
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William |
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