--- On Fri, 6/13/08, Skunk Worx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Skunk Worx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: f9 grub kernel arguments and kickstart questions
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 9:54 PM
> Hi,
>
> I see that my f9 installs have a grub kernel argument
> 'root=UUID={hex}'
>
In my computer, only the default Fedora 9 kernel installs such an entry, the
others appear to be normal
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,2)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.25.4-30.fc9.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.4-30.fc9.x86_64 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.4-30.fc9.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64 ro
root=UUID=72f4731d-a8f3-4c89-a4da-98bc778e88f5 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64.i
The rest I do not know, I only can respond as what I have seen here :)
Hopefully someone can tell you, if you need to worry or not?
>
> Could someone tell me a little about this? I've used
> things like
> root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 for seems like ages.
>
> Does this impact things like disk cloning or jumbling packs
> between
> machines?
>
> If so, is there a way to specify the older method in a
> kickstart file?
>
> Also I know I can 'append' things in kickstart like
> "vga=791 acpi=force
> reboot=b', but can I remove the 'rhgb quiet'?
>
Yes you may. Booting still works fine :)
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> --
Regards,
Antonio
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