On Thursday December 24 2009 02:25:44 Timothy Murphy wrote: > Dj YB wrote: > >> If you run in a root terminal session the commands > >> > >> fdisk -l > >> > >> to see exactly what the device names are. Then run > >> > >> vol_id -u /dev/sdXn > >> > >> Where X is the drive and n is the partition number. You will get the > >> UUID > >> for the partitions. You can then edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and make the > >> kernel line specify explicitly the partitions you want to use with the > >> syntax > >> > >> root=UUID=....... > > Is it necessary to do this? > I think grub will still accept the old /dev names, eg "root=/dev/sda6". > the problem using /dev/sdxn is that this sdxn is not constant and not unique even on the same computer, if i change the setup of hard-drives all change. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
