Am 04.10.2011 07:09, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Adam Carter <adamcart...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> By the way, is it possible to use LABELs without and initrd? I'll start >>> using an initrd before too long, I'll also mess with decorations, but for >>> now, I'd like to keep my setup simple, no initrd. >> >> AND what bootloaders can use LABEL/UUID? Can grub's device.map use them? > > I believe grub uses its own partition scheme (hd(0,0)), so fstab > should not matter to it unless you use the root= option. But even with > the root= option, grub can understand labels, and so grub2 (I'm using > it with labels right now). > > LILO I don't know, I haven't used it in years. > > Regards.
In my experience, grub's partition numbering is more stable than /dev. hd(0,*) tends to be the device on which grub is installed, even if device numbering in /dev changes. The more tricky stuff is defining the root=/dev/* kernel parameter. Fortunately, starting with 2.6.37, you can use a UUID here as well (but not label, that support was removed a few years ago): http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=b5af921ec02333e943efb59aca4f56b78fc0e100 Regards, Florian Philipp
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