On Mon, 2011-10-24 at 22:12 +0700, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > >>>>> Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindfors@iki.fi> writes: > >>>>> Ivan Shmakov <ivan@gray.siamics.net> writes: > > >> And what the initramfs-tools package has to do with consistent > >> devices' filenames? > > > Initramfs runs udev. This allows you to use e.g. > > > root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65B4A0_WD-WMAT13954017-part1 > > > instead of > > > root=/dev/sda1 > > > to specify where your root filesystem is. > > Indeed, it's a good option to have. But isn't it something that > can be, in certain circumstances, however marginal, considered > an extra? > > BTW, does the root=UUID= variant require udev as well? Yes, currently the kernel filesystem code does not probe for filesystem UUIDs. (However, it does support partition UUIDs as used in GPT. You can use root=PARTUUID= to select from those. But I doubt you're using a GPT.) Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.
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