ok, i've managed to lose why the above doesn't work, but can someone explain why, if i decide to recompile my kernel to build ext3 support directly in, i can no longer refer to my root partition with "LABEL=/", but *must* use the special device file name? if i remember correctly, the initrd.img has support for that syntax that you lose if you don't have an initrd.img. is that about right? rday p.s. more silly questions coming soon. p.p.s. for ed bailey's sake, i will never ask questions about documentation again.
