On Mon, 10 Mar 2003, Michael Schwendt wrote: > When I build ext3 not as a module (CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y, CONFIG_JBD=y), > I can boot the kernel fine without a RAM-disk. "LABEL=" has never > worked for me in GRUB boot menu. But it works in fstab in both > cases. Whether or not ext3 is a module, doesn't have an influence on > partition labels.
i *know* there was something regarding building ext3 support either into the kernel directly or leaving it as a module that affected whether or not you could use "LABEL=" entries in /etc/fstab. my memory is failing -- can *anyone* remember this from threads gone by? one of the things i'm pretty sure i recall is that you can build ext3 support as a module, then totally *forget* to build a ramdisk and everything will still boot properly since (again, from memory), the root FS will first be mounted as ext2, then be *remounted* as ext3 via /etc/rc.sysinit later. i remember something like the above clearly since i was once teaching an RH admin class, and wanted to demonstrate the grief one would have in leaving ext3 support as a module, then forgetting to create the appropriate initrd file. to my chagrin, the boot went fine. anyway, there are some subtleties here -- i just don't remember what they are without more caffeine. rday p.s. of course, i could always just "RTFM". right, michael? :-P -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
