Messages in this thread | | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? | Date | Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:02:07 +0000 |
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jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com said: > The one thing I don't know is... can the kernel mount the root fs if > only given the uuid?
There are 2.2 patches to do it, which I think are now being dusted off and resurrected. but scanning for UUID involves poking at every partition on every available hard drive.
Doing it by serial number (do SCSI drives have a unique serial number?) would be possible without doing that.
-- dwmw2
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