On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 09:19 +0100, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:51:47 +0100, Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 17:16 +0100, Bernd Petrovitsch wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 17:14 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > >change root=LABEL=/ to root=/dev/XXX. Vanilla doesn't support this...
> > > > >
> > > > is there a kernel patch that does allow it?
> > >
> > > Yes, in RedHat's/Fedora's kernels since ages.
> >
> > wrong.
> > there is NO kernel patch for this. Not in RHs and not in Fedora's
> > kernel.
> > Never was either.
> > it's 100% done in the initrd.
Oooops, sorry.
s/RedHat's\/Fedora's kernels/RedHa\/Fedora/
> Isn't this a matter of the bootloader ?
No, because it is merely used as a kernel parameter (which led me to the
false conclusion that it is done within the kernel) and the kernel
either mounts the root filesystem (without initrd) or it is handled
within the initrd (if you have one).
Bernd
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