Pascal-liste composed on 2020-03-28 21:20 (UTC+0100): > Felix Miata in English composed:
>> Pascal Hambourg composed on 2020-03-28 20:49 (UTC+0100): >>> The kernel >>> itself does not understand UUID or LABEL. >> ... >>> You'd rather use a persistent identifier that the kernels kows about : >>> PARTUUID. Get the value with blkid. >>> Can't remember whether the kernel knows about PARTLABEL too, which would >>> be nicer. Guess not. >> Something here seems wrong. > Can you elaborate ? What do you think is wrong here ? Not knowing more than I wrote is why I asked. What's a LABEL or PARTLABEL or UUID for if the kernel doesn't understand it? >> My bootloaders' kernel cmdlines have been including >> root=LABEL= syntax to the exclusion of root=UUID= for somewhere around 15-18 >> years. > So what ? How is it relevant with the topic ? OP says this: [quote]LABEL=<label> or similar are not available when choosing the root partition.[/quote] I'd like to understand why it was said, and follow the thread to conclusion. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is religion, not science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
