On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2011-10-04, Michael A. Koerber <m...@ll.mit.edu> wrote: > >> I have found that use of LABEL=FOO in /etc/fstab doesn't always solve >> the problem of disks being reassigned during boot. > > That's because fstab isn't used during boot. What "root=" setting is > passed to your kernel by your bootloader? Is that using /dev/sda1 or > a label? In order to use a label, I _think_ you need some special magic > in an initrd (at least that used to be the case according to what I've > googled).
There is something on the gentoo wiki about doing it in an initramfs: http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Initramfs#UUID.2FLABEL_Root_Mounting (I've never tried it)
