Op Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:09:15 +0100 schreef littlebat  
<[email protected]>:

> On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:08:18 +0100
> "Hans Kaper" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> >
>> > My grub entry for my LFS6.4 stick is:
>> >
>> > title Linux From Scratch 6.4 Kernel 2.6.30.2
>> > root (hd0,0)
>> > kernel /boot/lfskernel-2.6.30.2 root=/dev/uba1
>> >
>> Omit the root=/dev/uba1-option. root (hd0,0) points already to the  
>> device
>> you want to boot from.
>
> It should can't be omited, root (hd0,0) is the prefix location of your  
> kernel or image file, and root=/dev/* indicates your device that /  
> directory on it. For example, when your kernel file is   
> (hd0,0)/boot/kernelfile, your root directory / can be root=/dev/hdc2 .
>
You are right, but most people install the kernel and root on the same  
device and then it is better to omit the root=-option, because the  
device-identifier changes depending on which computer you plug in the  
USB-device, as Bahot Utot points out in another post in this thread.


Hans.


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