Hi, Dale wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Apparently, though unproven, at 15:18 on Tuesday 04 January 2011, >> Stroller did opine thusly: >> >> >>> I found numerous references to this syntax going back to 2005 or >>> so, and some major distros seem to use it as the default way of >>> describing "root=" to the kernel. >>> >>> http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/23010-root- label- >>> grub-conf.html >>> http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/RedHat/2005-01/0026.html >>> >>> However: >>> http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-Using--%22root%3DLABEL%3Dxxxx%22-in- grub.conf-p >>> 21909347.html http://tinyurl.com/2u4srg4 >>> >>> Stroller. >>> >> >> All the major distros I've seen it on also use initrds though (rare in >> gentoo- land). I have no idea how it all works, I just know how to type >> it on a RHEL box. >> >> Elsewhere in the thread someone mentioned that this syntax relies on an >> initrd, and I suspect he may be correct. > > I tried using labels with the old grub a while back and it didn't work. > Labels in fstab works fine tho. We may have to wait on the new grub to > get finished. that approves my tests ... :-/ Had to boot this morning 5 times, since the root device switched arbitrarily between sde3 and sdg3 and I've chosen by bad luck always the wrong one. It seems there is also some timing involved regarding the initialization of the available devices ... sigh. - Jörg
