Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261894AbTIPN6Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:58:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261896AbTIPN6Q (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:58:16 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:7845 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261894AbTIPN6O (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Sep 2003 09:58:14 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.7 block ramblings (was Re: DMA for ide-scsi?) From: Alan Cox To: Thomas Molina Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063720608.10036.26.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-6) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 14:56:49 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 832 Lines: 16 On Maw, 2003-09-16 at 03:38, Thomas Molina wrote: > It seems to me that if you are in the position of tinkering, and > installing an OS you ought to have an understanding of root and boot > disks, and what is in your system. If you don't understand things well > enough to specify the proper boot disk and root disk you shouldn't be > tinkering and it won't matter how each is specified. Your root disk can change for all sorts of non Linux reasons ranging from windows config changes to hotplug devices. For example if your root is /dev/sdc and /dev/sdb fails you'll want LABEL=. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/