Messages in this thread |  | | Date | 15 May 2001 20:57:00 +0200 | From | (Kai Henningsen) | Subject | Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants |
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alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) wrote on 15.05.01 in <E14zRdW-0001gY-00@the-village.bc.nu>:
> > > it to a device number at /sbin/lilo time. An idiotic practice on the > > > part of LILO, in my opinion, that ought to have been fixed a long time > > > ago. > > > > That's why you want mount-root-by-partition-label, not by device > > Which in itself adds the 'and how does the label tell me what modules to > load' question..
The same way the old root device does: not. Why should it? It doesn't tell you what to eat for lunch either.
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