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On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 2011-10-04, Michael A. Koerber <mak@××××××.edu> wrote: |
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>> I have found that use of LABEL=FOO in /etc/fstab doesn't always solve |
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>> the problem of disks being reassigned during boot. |
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> That's because fstab isn't used during boot. What "root=" setting is |
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> passed to your kernel by your bootloader? Is that using /dev/sda1 or |
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> a label? In order to use a label, I _think_ you need some special magic |
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> in an initrd (at least that used to be the case according to what I've |
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> googled). |
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There is something on the gentoo wiki about doing it in an initramfs: |
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http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs#UUID.2FLABEL_Root_Mounting |
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(I've never tried it) |
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