On Di, 20.12.22 20:42, Björn Persson (Bjorn@rombobjörn.se) wrote: > The root filesystem is also relevant for troubleshooting, when I take a > storage device out of a broken computer and connect it to another > computer to inspect it. Suddenly there are two "discoverable" root > partitions, and the kernel parameter is necessary to specify which one > is the root filesystem, as stated under "Doesn’t this break multi-boot > scenarios?": > https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification/#doesnt-this-break-multi-boot-scenarios Nah. When booting without root= so that the root partition is auto-discovered then this is done on the disk the ESP that was used for booting is found on and no other disks. Thus: once you pick a disk for booting in the firmware menu, auto-discovery won't "leave" this disk anymore. Lennart -- Lennart Poettering, Berlin _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue