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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:03:16 -0500
From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
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To: Jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl>
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Subject: Re: wanted: more informative message if root device can't be found/mounted
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jurriaan wrote:
> I'm experimenting with turning off the PATA drivers and use SATA only,
> since all my devices are now found by the SATA drivers in
> 2.6.19-rc5-mm1.
> 
> There is one area in which the kernel could, I think, do better. When
> booting, there's no way for me to know where /dev/hda is going to end
> up.
> 


You might try using a distribution with an initramfs that performs 
proper hardware detection, and can mount the root volume by ID rather 
than device path.
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