Am Mittwoch, den 30.06.2010, 19:41 +0200 schrieb Sebastian Plotz: > Am Mittwoch, den 30.06.2010, 13:44 +0100 schrieb Andrew Benton: > > But it won't boot very far. The kernel won't be able to mount its root > > partition unless you manually edit the grub.cfg or compile the kernel > > with an initramfs > > > > Andy > Yes, and it will work if you're using a separate boot partition ... > This means: GRUB can find the kernel (and the initrd, if used) when the > device of the boot partition has changed. > > After that, the kernel can mount the root partition (the device of the > root partition must not be changed). But it's important that a UUID will > be used for the boot partition in /etc/fstab. > > So we can say in the book: > > "The search lines are only meaningful if your are using a separate boot > partition and a UUID entry for this partition in /etc/fstab." > > ... or we simply remove this sentence from the book. > > Sebastian > Small update:
"The search lines are only meaningful for LFS systems if a separate boot partition and a LABEL or UUID entry for this partition in /etc/fstab is used." Sebastian -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
