On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 01:21 +0000, T o n g wrote: > On Wed, 08 May 2013 08:40:57 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > > >> Can I use something like root="ID=ata-IBM-DBCA-203240_HP0HPL43952"? I > >> remember nothing worked well, so I reverted to the (now troublesome) > >> "safe" /dev/sdXn. > > > > /dev/sdXn is *not* safe. That's the whole point. > > If you read my message again, you will realize that /dev/sdXn was not my > first choice but a settled down one, because I tried root="ID=ata-IBM- > DBCA-203240_HP0HPL43952" etc, but nothing worked. > > All I was asking is what the working *syntax* for the root="ID=ata-IBM- > DBCA-203240_HP0HPL43952" part.
I believe you can specify the root file system by it's UUID or label using root="UUID=foo" and root="LABEL=bar" but then you can also do that in /etc/fstab (and I also thought that's what the Debian installer does), e.g. I have UUID=f0d625bb-e0bf-45c0-9c11-1a697271b960 / ext4 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 so /dev/sdX shouldn't appear anywhere. I guess this means I must have misunderstood what the original problem was? -- Tixy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1368163479.3439.10.ca...@computer5.home
