On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 19:01 +0200, Harald Hoyer wrote: > On 06/18/2009 06:06 PM, Warren Togami wrote: > > On 06/18/2009 10:30 AM, Harald Hoyer wrote: > >> If we have root=dhcp and root-path from dhcp with "iscsi::... " nothing > >> is know about the partition where root lives in. > >> > >> RFC: > >> provide a pre-mount fallback, which tries to mount > >> > >> /dev/disk/by-label/\x2f (LABEL=/) > >> /dev/disk/by-label/ROOT (LABEL=ROOT) > > > > I think this was the intent of netroot=dhcp for remote block device > > protocols, then you can define something else in root=. Whether it is > > implemented yet I don't know. > > > > Warren > > Well, but the root-path does not specify the root partition! > Either we extend the iscsi:::: spec with a root partition or we make > requirements like I did above. The RFC only says we need to boot off the LUN specified, 0 if none listed. That's your default partition. It's workable, as these can be virtual disks anyways, but as Warren mentions, we can extend the RFC. Also, you can specify root=LABEL=ROOT or root=/dev/sda1 etc and it should work, or at least it used to with the netroot= code. I haven't tested it this week -- vacation. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe initramfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
