-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 16:39:55 -0500 (EST), Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> (more fun and games from kernel land.) > > i just built a new kernel, installed modules, tossed the kernel > into /boot, etc. etc -- the regular stuff. then edited /etc/grub.conf > and added a new stanza for the new kernel, almost identical to the > old stanza, but not "initrd.img" line. > > the new grub.conf file, with a second vmlinuz stanza: > > ... > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14) > root (hd0,7) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdb=ide-scsi > initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-2.2) > root (hd0,7) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-zaurus ro root=LABEL=/ hdb=ide-scsi > > most of the above was just cut and paste, and the original 2.4.18-14 > kernel has booted nicely all this time. > > booting the new kernel failed, allegedly couldn't mount the > root FS "LABEL=/", as if it wasn't capable of translating the fact > that i was referring to /dev/hda1 by LABEL and not device name. > > i rebooted and, at the grub menu, just edited that line to say > "root=/dev/hda1". no problem. > > what was *that* all about? is there some kernel config option > i might have inadvertantly turned off that allows a grub line to > say "root=LABEL=/", rather than "root=/dev/hda1"?? i'm puzzled > by this one. Hmmm, probably some of the CONFIG_*LABEL options? - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+DEzo0iMVcrivHFQRAhKcAJ99HA5obo0W2LzMQRs5BI5NN+d+3ACfashv S/tGPE+jfNcOdfsSn+337so= =xOv+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
