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On 3/1/2011, at 7:36pm, Jörg Schaible wrote: |
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> And how does this help the kernel to find the root device where /etc/fstab |
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> is located ? |
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The kernel doesn't. You leave that to GRUB. |
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I'm not saying this helps solve your problem, I'm just sayin'. |
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> BTW: Yes, I will boot next time with a LABEL entry in the kernels boot |
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> option, but I still don't want a kernel that assigns devices in random |
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> order. |
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As long as you can boot, you should seriously stop caring. |
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If you're concerned about mounting USB sticks or memory cards then use udev rules to distinguish them. |
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Regarding the booting, and having to change what's in your grub.conf, I'd assume this is a one-off change - you'll change grub.conf to point to the new /dev/sdX and that will require no maintenance in the forseeable future. |
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GRUB can do labels, but it needs an initrd or initramfs, I think. |
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Stroller. |
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