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Hi, |
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Dale wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> Apparently, though unproven, at 15:18 on Tuesday 04 January 2011, |
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>> Stroller did opine thusly: |
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>>> I found numerous references to this syntax going back to 2005 or |
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>>> so, and some major distros seem to use it as the default way of |
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>>> describing "root=" to the kernel. |
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>>> |
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>>> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/23010-root- |
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label- |
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>>> grub-conf.html |
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>>> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/RedHat/2005-01/0026.html |
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>>> |
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>>> However: |
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>>> http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Using--%22root%3DLABEL%3Dxxxx%22-in- |
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grub.conf-p |
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>>> 21909347.html http://tinyurl.com/2u4srg4 |
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>>> |
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>>> Stroller. |
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>>> |
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>> |
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>> All the major distros I've seen it on also use initrds though (rare in |
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>> gentoo- land). I have no idea how it all works, I just know how to type |
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>> it on a RHEL box. |
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>> |
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>> Elsewhere in the thread someone mentioned that this syntax relies on an |
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>> initrd, and I suspect he may be correct. |
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> |
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> I tried using labels with the old grub a while back and it didn't work. |
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> Labels in fstab works fine tho. We may have to wait on the new grub to |
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> get finished. |
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that approves my tests ... :-/ |
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Had to boot this morning 5 times, since the root device switched arbitrarily |
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between sde3 and sdg3 and I've chosen by bad luck always the wrong one. It |
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seems there is also some timing involved regarding the initialization of the |
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available devices ... sigh. |
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- Jörg |
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