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Hi Stroller, |
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Stroller wrote: |
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> On 3/1/2011, at 7:36pm, Jörg Schaible wrote: |
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>> ... |
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>> And how does this help the kernel to find the root device where |
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>> /etc/fstab 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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That's it: I cannot! At least not always. |
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> If you're concerned about mounting USB sticks or memory cards then use |
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> udev rules to distinguish them. |
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> Regarding the booting, and having to change what's in your grub.conf, I'd |
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> assume this is a one-off change - you'll change grub.conf to point to the |
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> new /dev/sdX and that will require no maintenance in the forseeable |
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> future. |
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But that's the point: What is X? It is constantly changing with 2.6.36! |
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> GRUB can do labels, but it needs an initrd or initramfs, I think. |
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I could not get that working until now ... |
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- Jörg |
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