I don't know if this applies to 2.6 too, but with 2.4 kernels, the whole root=LABEL=/ stuff only works if you enable ramdisk suppport. HTH Andre On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 13:47:45 +0100 Timothy Murphy <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was just bitten again by the LABEL= bug. > For some reason, "make install" 2.6 kernels > causes a new entry in grub.conf using root=LABEL=/ , > even though the entry being copied says /dev/hda? > > I don't know why - and don't really want to know why - > but this causes a panic on my machine, > with the root partition not found, > even though it has the correct label according to e2label. > > I understand the supposed advantage of LABEL > if one is changing a hard disk, > but I just feel the confusion it causes vastly outweighs its merits. > Am I alone in this? > > -- > Timothy Murphy > e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- Andre Oliveira da Costa
