So instead of having ________ LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 _________ have it as : /dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda2 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 it does make more sense that way and easier. OK well thxs everyone! really helpful! On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:35:56 +0100, James Wilkinson <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > "radioact1ve" was having trouble booting into Fedora: the kernel > couldn't resolve "LABEL=/". > > > > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > > none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 > > noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 > > /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 > > noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 > > > > But I have to say that I'm writing this from... FC2. I dont know what > > happen. After I read your email that you wanted to see my fstab, i > > restarted my comp and booted into fedora and for some reason, it > > worked! Don't know what happen but I'm still going to post this in > > case there is still something wrong. I hope this isn't a one time > > thing.(that is that I won't be able to boot in again). Thank you again > > and everyone. Any suggestions as to what happen would be great. > > Very odd. > > (What happens when Fedora boots is that it looks for a disk with the > appropriate label. This means that it should still work if the disk > is moved or partition numbers change.) > > It looks like this is acting up for you. (I believe that it's the initrd > that's responsible for translating labels to partition numbers for the > kernel). > > You might find that the boot is more reliable if you ditch the labels > and go back to partition numbers in /etc/fstab and /boot/grub/grub.conf. > > HTH, > > James. > > -- > E-mail address: james@ | Five miles as the hippopotamus bounces... > westexe.demon.co.uk | > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- - Miguel radioact1ve@xxxxxxxxx http://radioact1ve.blogspot.com/
