Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jul 2004 19:58:24 +0300 | From | Muli Ben-Yehuda <> | Subject | Re: SATA disk device naming ? |
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On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 06:15:04PM +0100, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> I assumed that "LABEL=/" thing is a RedHat-specific kernel's feature but > never bothered to check.
This is a common misconception. The LABEL magic is actually done by nash, which is part of RH's (and others) mkinitrd package. This also means that LABEL relies on having a working initrd.
I have a short writeup of my understanding of how this works at http://www.livejournal.com/users/mulix/84768.html. All AFAIUI, corrections welcome.
Cheers, Muli
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