On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 08:45 -0600, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx 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. > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > One Trinity Place. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx >
