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On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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>> Apparently, though unproven, at 18:03 on Monday 30 August 2010, Paul |
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>> Hartman |
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>> did opine thusly: |
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>>> On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Daniel Pielmeier<billie@g.o> |
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>>> wrote: |
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>>>> Nikos Chantziaras schrieb am 27.08.2010 18:06: |
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>>>>> On 08/27/2010 07:02 PM, J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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>>>>>> Actually, you can: |
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>>>>>> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-boot-rootfs/index.htm |
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>>>>>> l |
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>>>>>> (Read the section below "Use a label"): |
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>>>>>> fstab: |
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>>>>>> LABEL=ROOT / ext3 defaults 1 1 |
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>>>>>> LABEL=BOOT /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 |
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>>>>>> LABEL=SWAP swap swap defaults 0 0 |
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>>>>>> LABEL=HOME /home ext3 nosuid,auto 1 2 |
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>>>>> This syntax never worked here. Always resulted in an unbootable |
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>>>>> system. |
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>>>>> Only the /dev/disk/by-label/ syntax works reliably. |
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>>>> Afaik if you are using GRUB LEGACY (0.97) and want to use LABEL/UUID in |
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>>>> your grub.conf/menu.lst you also need an initrd. I think with GRUB 2 |
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>>>> (1.98) it is possible without. You don't need an initrd for LABEL/UUID |
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>>>> in /etc/fstab for both cases. |
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>>> FWIW I'm using sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10 with GPT, labeled partitions and |
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>>> no initrd. My kernel has EFI_PARTITION compiled in (no module). |
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>>> My fstab looks like this: |
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>>> LABEL=swap none swap sw 0 0 |
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>>> LABEL=boot /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 |
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>>> LABEL=root / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 |
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>>> LABEL=home /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1 |
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>>> My kernel boot commandline still specified root by device name |
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>>> /dev/sda2 but otherwise my system works normally so far. :) |
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>> Don't listen to nay-sayers. Your fstab will work just fine and there's |
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>> nothing |
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>> wrong with it. |
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>> The LABEL= sysntax has also worked for years and years now on all grub- |
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>> supported filesystems that support volume labels. I don't know where a |
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>> previous poster got the idea from that it is not supported, or you need an |
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>> initrd - I have never used an initrd on Gentoo and have used that syntax |
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>> since |
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>> forever. |
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>> Similar for claims of unreliability by someone else. The only cause I can |
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>> think of is using weird grub patches or some combination of insane flags. |
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> So I don't have to have the complete path in fstab like this: |
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> /dev/disk/by-label/boot /boot ext2 noatime 1 2 |
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> /dev/disk/by-label/root / reiserfs defaults 0 1 |
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> /dev/disk/by-label/swap none swap sw 0 0 |
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> /dev/disk/by-label/portage /usr/portage ext3 defaults 0 1 |
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> /dev/disk/by-label/home /home reiserfs defaults 1 1 |
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> Can you post a grub.conf file that uses labels? Sort of a example to look |
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> at and go by. |
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Dale, there are two examples of fstabs in this message (actually three). But |
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you only want to see those you didn't write. You just need to put |
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"LABEL=somelabel" in the first column. |
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