Jörg Schaible writes:
> Alex Schuster wrote:
> > I would be surprised if it had this feature. AFAIK grub is already done
> > at this stage, the kernel has taken over. And I guess it does not know
> > about the LABEL= syntax, and has no code to scan all devices for file
> > system labels.
>
> I fear so, too. Grub finds the boot device properly, it's the kernel
> complaining about the value in the root option.
>
> > With an initramfs, the kernel runs an init script which can do various
> > stuff, like probing all devices for file system labels.
>
> I never had the need for an initrd.
Now you do :)
Wonko
