On May 4 2007 15:37, Salvatore De Paolis wrote: > >I hope this is the right place to ask this question, if not please redirect me >to the right ML. > >I would like to know more about kernel parameters and in particular about the >root parameter. >I'm booting the kernel from usb pen and the root could change while the pen is >plugged in different machines with different hardware. >I was trying to find info about "how to make this unique".
By using root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_iCreate_CF_Card000000001-part1 for example. Requires an initramfs with udev. >Does the kernel see only /dev/* ? There's no way to pass /dev/disk/*? The kernel has special logic to translate some (not ALL) /dev/[hs]d[abcd..] into device numbers if it cannot find a device node. Jan -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
