Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932083AbXAQNh1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:37:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932101AbXAQNh1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:37:27 -0500 Received: from tmailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.23]:50388 "EHLO tmailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932083AbXAQNh0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:37:26 -0500 Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:37:09 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Tomasz Chmielewski cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"? In-Reply-To: <45AE1D65.4010804@wpkg.org> Message-ID: References: <45AE1D65.4010804@wpkg.org> 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: 809 Lines: 24 > The device is pretty small and has no keyboard, video card etc., so if it ever > happens to break (can be a disk failure, but also operator who messed with > startup scripts), it has to be opened (warranty!). > > These all unpleasant tasks could be avoided if it was possible to have a > "fallback" device. For example, consider this hypothetical command line: > > root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 You should use initramfs to achieve that. (Note that SD naming is anyway dynamic - if only one of USB or HDD is plugged in, it will most likely become sda.) -`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/