> > > 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). > > > > > > That's my doubt. Last time I've read about, you needed some script to > > "load" the labels. > > > > Claudio Roberto França Pereira (a.k.a. Spidey) > > You cannot use labels with the root= parameters. That was provided as > some kind of hack a few years ago but has been removed since. You either > need to use an initramfs for labels or resort to UUIDs. See > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=b5af921ec02333e943efb59aca4f56b78fc0e100
Just tried root=PARTUUID=.... failed. Checked my genblk.c and the changes don't appear in the 2.6.36 or 2.6.39 kernels on my system. When did (does) the PARTUUID syntax support get released? tnx, Mike
