Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Nov 2006 18:31:16 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | RE: could not find filesystem /dev/root |
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>> On the other side, you can run udev _once_ to create device >> nodes like >> /dev/disk/by-label/ to allow at least correct booting (possibly using >> LABEL=) Once the box is up, one can always figure out which drive is >> which by looking at fdisk or other info. (Gets a little hard when >> they're all the same manufacturer and type, but then again, LABEL= >> will work without udev in the "normal" userspace.) > >I may give it a try... Using uuid could also be an option but I'm not >sure this can be configured thru fstab...
To mount disks using LABEL= or UUID=, as far as I know, you need either blkid or guessfstype, or a /dev/disk/by-{label,uuid}/ symlink. This should work even when there is no udev running.
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