On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 08:45 -0600, akonstam(a)trinity.edu wrote:
On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 08:14:51PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> kernel /bzImage-2.4.20-6new ro root=LABEL=? <-typu, the
> '/' is on the same key, unshifted
>
> Exactly what I wrote after the <- above, the '?' mark above is a typo,
> it needs to be a '/' as there is no such disk label as a '?' that I
> know of.
> In other words, make that line read:
> kernel /bzImage-2.4.20-6new ro root=LABEL=/
> and it should work.
It is correct the LABEL=? needs to be corrected but it will not work
unless the root= clause references the same device dewsignation as the
fstab does. LABEL=/ does not equal /dev/hda2
if /dev/hda2 is labeled as /, then "root=LABEL=/" will be equivalent to
"root=/dev/hda2"
In this scenario, fstab can reference either LABEL=/ or /dev/hda2 as can
the root= line. For cleanliness and to eliminate confusion both should
be the same, but it is *not* required.
In fact I have 2 kernel versions installed. One references the LABEL
and the other references the device.
The fstab references the device.
Both boot perfectly well.
I wager that if you try that it will work for you as well.
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