Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:17:16 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: boot device order troubleshooting without an initrd |
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On Mon 2010-04-19 22:20:23, skitching@apache.org wrote: > As it happens, I've been looking into this issue recently. > [Warning: kernel newbie speaking!] > > Without an initrd, the options for the root= kernel parameters are only those supported in init/do_mount.c: > 1. root=MAJOR:MINOR > 2. root=integer where integer is MAJOR<<n + minor > 3 root=/dev/xxx > (well, apart fron "mtd" and "ubi" options).
And nfs?
> Unfortunately, all of these options are sensitive to hardware changes, ie device enumeration order. So I > think that right now the answer to your question is: no, you can't get what you want without an initrd. > > And I doubt that changes to the linux device-enumeration code "to be consistent with the BIOS" would be accepted. >
If it is clean enough... why not?
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