Am 01.07.2010 05:17, schrieb Bruce Dubbs: > I'll ask the question again. How is search useful in an LFS > environment where we don't have initrd available? As I already said:
The search command is only useful if we're using a seperate boot partition ... With help of the search line, GRUB can find the boot partition, even if the device of the boot partition has changed (for example /dev/sda3 --> /dev/sda4). After that, GRUB will boot the kernel. The kernel can mount the root partition. If the device of the root partition has changed (for example /dev/sda1 --> /dev/sda2) the boot process will fail (the kernel won't be able to boot the root partition). But we have to use a LABEL or UUID entry for the boot partition in /etc/fstab (if we're using something like /dev/sda1 if fstab, the mount of the boot partition will fail). This means: If the LFS-User changes the device for the boot partition, the system will still boot (with help of the search line). So I suggest that we are writing the following: "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." I think, I've started a big discussion with just one small ticket ;-) -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
