On 10/05/2011 06:29 AM, Michael A. Koerber wrote: > 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?
This is very obscure and confusing if you don't already know the history of that code. You might think, as I did, that PARTUUID stands for the UUID of the partition you're searching for -- not true :( PARTUUID stands for Partition Table UUID, which is entirely different from a Partition UUID. Clear as mud, eh? Only GUID/EFI partition tables have a UUID -- not DOS partition tables. I posted a HOWTO on the subject here: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/225071
