Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965603AbWKGRff (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:35:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965606AbWKGRff (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:35:35 -0500 Received: from emailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.24]:1440 "EHLO emailer.gwdg.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965603AbWKGRfe (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:35:34 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:31:16 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Paul Rolland cc: "'Marc Perkel'" , "'Chris Lalancette'" , "'Rafael J. Wysocki'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: could not find filesystem /dev/root In-Reply-To: <00da01c70287$aa8c2420$4b00a8c0@donald> Message-ID: References: <00da01c70287$aa8c2420$4b00a8c0@donald> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 986 Lines: 24 >> On the other side, you can run udev _once_ to create device >> nodes like >> /dev/disk/by-label/ to allow at least correct booting (possibly using >> LABEL=) Once the box is up, one can always figure out which drive is >> which by looking at fdisk or other info. (Gets a little hard when >> they're all the same manufacturer and type, but then again, LABEL= >> will work without udev in the "normal" userspace.) > >I may give it a try... Using uuid could also be an option but I'm not >sure this can be configured thru fstab... To mount disks using LABEL= or UUID=, as far as I know, you need either blkid or guessfstype, or a /dev/disk/by-{label,uuid}/ symlink. This should work even when there is no udev running. -`J' -- - 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/