On Friday 05 April 2013 18:19:03 Armin K. wrote: > > 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
Here my experiences playing around on the last days: 1.) /dev/sdxy in grub.cfg and in fstab is OK. It boots, no problems 2.) /dev/sdxy in grub.cfg and UUID=blah in fstab is OK for util-Linux-2.20.2 3.) /dev/sdxy in grub.cfg, UUID=blah in fstab for util-Linux-2.22 = no go ! Kernel panic with comment, cannot find UUID= blah 4.) initramfs, UUID=blah in grub.cfg and fstab boots OK. So far, without being an expert, I would say, that initramfs seems to be needed to boot a drive using uuid, as Bruce said. This was also true, as I tryed to produce a rescue-disk sticker with GPT partition tables. I was not able to do it, following the article http://www.linux-archive.org/gentoo-user/481167-mounting-root-partition-uuide- no-initrd-needed.html Same comment, "cannot find UUID=blah". After I introduced an initramfs, the job was done. So far, I solved my problem. I do not see dificulties using an initramfs. But perhaps somebody may explain this behaviour. Again, thank you very much, Edgar -- Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers <edgaralw...@gmx.de> GPG Key ID:AD5C6F70 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
