On 04/05/2013 06:16 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Preparing my system for gdisk partitions ( PARTUUID ), I upgraded util-linux >> to version 2.22. >> >> My working partition is formatted in xfs. I tried using UUID, but during the >> boot process I get a message: "mounting root file system in read-only >> mode...mount can't find UUID...." and the boot process stops. Cold restart is >> needed. >> There are no problems, if fstab uses /dev/sda1 instead of UUID. There are >> also >> no problems with an ext4 partition included in fstab using UUID. >> >> Could this be a bug ? Any hints how to proceed are welcome. I know, >> downgrading util-linux fix this, but it excludes also the gdisk activities. > > You have to use a initramfs to boot to a drive using a uuid. Other > partitions should be OK. > > -- Bruce >
Only true for root=UUID=blah kernel parameter. Nothing to do with /etc/fstab - I do it all the time. UUID=blah in /etc/fstab root=/dev/sdxy on kernel command line Just start udev and let it settle before running mount -o remount,rw / -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
