On Monday 10 February 2003 05:36, Robert P. J. Day uttered: > if you want to use the "root=LABEL=/" label notation, then you need > to use the initrd, or build ext3 support right into the kernel. > if you're happy with the /dev notation, you're fine without it. > > once upon a time, i knew why this was true. :-( Actually, this isn't exclusive to ext3. Ext2 supports disk labeling too. I wonder, did you enable only ext3, and not ext2 in your kernel? Perhaps e2label requires ext2 support to write out the label. It would be odd, but I wouldn't be too suprised. -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
