Public bug reported: My system won't boot using the UUID= syntax, because the root partition doesn't get a /dev/disk/by-uuid link. All the other partitions do:
/dev/disk/by-uuid$ ls -l total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-10-01 17:45 00000000433B49BF -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-10-01 17:45 32B88978B8893B7D -> ../../sda4 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-10-01 23:20 8C3D-06FF -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-10-01 17:45 9f88936b-5275-4df5-916c-3ac71563ec59 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-10-01 17:45 a2e4735b-f48b-49d8-8937-3e01da5ea0e9 -> ../../sda7 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2007-10-01 17:45 dbd1c76b-6911-46ef-bd3c-aa03755462da -> ../../sda5 It does have a UUID though: $ sudo dumpe2fs /dev/sda6 | head -n 3 dumpe2fs 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007) Filesystem volume name: / Last mounted on: <not available> Filesystem UUID: 2b41b6d0-b2d9-4296-9be7-e2928828eaf0 booting with root=/dev/sda6 works fine. ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- root won't mount by UUID, device doesn't exist https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/147957 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs