>>>>> Timo Juhani Lindfors <timo.lindf...@iki.fi> writes:
>>>>> Ivan Shmakov <i...@gray.siamics.net> writes:
>> And what the initramfs-tools package has to do with consistent
>> devices' filenames?
> Initramfs runs udev. This allows you to use e.g.
> root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200AAJS-65B4A0_WD-WMAT13954017-part1
> instead of
> root=/dev/sda1
> to specify where your root filesystem is.
Indeed, it's a good option to have. But isn't it something that
can be, in certain circumstances, however marginal, considered
an extra?
BTW, does the root=UUID= variant require udev as well?
TIA.
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