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SubjectRe: boot device order troubleshooting without an initrd
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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