>As far as I know, the "root=" line is passed as one of the parameters to
>the booting kernel, so it shouldn't matter what version of Grub you're
>using. For instance, if you're running Linux, look at the Linux kernel
>documentation for the kernel in /Documentation/kernel-paraemeters.txt --
>you'll see that one of the parameters the kernel takes is the "root="
>parameter -- and that support is there regardless of you use an initrd
>image or not.
>
>The label that you need to enter in "root=LABEL=" is the label on the
>desired PARTITION, not the drive's VOLUME label. 'cfdisk' can list the
>partition labels along with the device names on the disk. For doing a
>double-check, have a look at the 'findfs' command.
kernel-parameters.txt:
root= [KNL] Root filesystem
I know I need the root= parameter. I need a way to point to a label instead of
hard coding a dev entry and no initrd.
I tried root=LABEL=WD320G in menu.lst and it didn't work. I used e2label to
label the hard drive.
Here is the output from cfdisk:
cfdisk 2.12r
Disk Drive: /dev/sdc
Size: 250059350016 bytes, 250.0 GB
Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 30401
Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sdc1 Boot Primary Linux ext3 [WD320G] 249637.25
sdc2 Primary Linux swap
419.49
findfs LABEL=WD320G
/dev/sdc1
My /etc/fstab looks like this and works:
LABEL=WD320G / auto defaults 1 1
aufs / aufs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 # AutoUpdate
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate
What did I do wrong?
Thanks,
PS I know the drive is 250GB but labeled 320G.
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