On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:38:52 +0200 maximilian attems wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 08:31:54PM +0200, Pierre Habouzit wrote: > > Le lun 14 août 2006 17:37, Sven Luther a écrit : > > > > * Only kernel modules specifically needed to reach the default > > > > root is included with the image. > > > > > > Sure, but even with the same modules, it is still good to be > > > allowed to override root, be it only to be able to boot into the > > > system and rerun yaird or something. > > > > > Imagine you moved the disk around on the > > > same controler, or inserted a new disk and the ordering changed. > > > > this is indeed the use case that led me to find out about that > > iritating problem. At least, yaird should document how to handle > > such moves: as it appears that changing fstab and rebuilding the > > initrd is enough, well, that /should/ be documented somewhere, and > > the user should not have to /guess/ it.
Agreed. Thanks for your contructive view on this, Pierre and Sven. Current behaviour shall get documented. And I welcome patches to do limited root-shifts (what is possible without coldplug support). > happy to know how far back yaird has fallen "Happy"?!? As if you've ever had a positive interest in yaird :-) - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
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