On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Michael Schwendt wrote:
On 05 Aug 2004 16:33:50 -0400, C. Linus Hicks wrote:
On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 16:24, netmask wrote:Also, you must use initrd to use labels in fstab
This is not true. An initrd is only _required_ if you have not compiled into the kernel a module necessary for boot.
Wrong. You can only mount partitions via their ext2/ext3 volume labels if the initrd contains a mount command which understands the labels, e.g. nash.
only partially true. as i understand it (and i asked about this way back in history once upon a time), you only need an initrd if you want to mount the *root* filesystem by label.
the explanation i got back then was that initially mounting the root filesystem is done by the kernel in kernel space, where there is no knowledge of labels -- you have to use device names. once that's done, the remaining mounts out of /etc/fstab are done in user space, and labels are fine.
if you use an initrd, then the mounting of the root filesystem will (somehow) be able to use labels -- perhaps the initrd forces the mounting to happen in user space?
can someone clarify this?
rday
