Aniruddha (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > Since my harddrive names keep changing after each reboot I have to set > UUID in grub to make sure I can boot. I've done this before in Gentoo > and I wonder how this works in Debian. > > Do I have to install a special package? Which line do I have to add to > my menu.lst? I was thinking about something like this: > >> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24-1-686 >> root (hd2,1) >> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 >> root=UUID=dd4927a2-e1f4-4955-8aa7-76a11d8c3aca init=/linuxrc >> ramdisk=8192 >> initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686 > > > Is this correct? Thanks in advance!
I have not tested this for the root partition, but if you use initramfs for your initrd, which includes udev in the initial ram disk, you should be able to access /dev/disk/by-uuid/<UUID> regards Andreas Janssen -- Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PGP-Key-ID: 0xDC801674 ICQ #17079270 Registered Linux User #267976 http://www.andreas-janssen.de/debian-tipps.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]