On Tuesday 10 June 2003 12:58 am, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On 6 Jun 2003, Warren Togami wrote: > > Probably the problem is your kernel is unable to read the LABEL of the > > partition. The workaround would be to change "LABEL=/" to the actual > > root filesystem device. > > > > Anyone know what kernel option needs to be activated so the kernel can > > read LABEL from the partitions? > Thats exactly my understanding as well and i know for a fact you cant boot using labels without the initrd.img > based on what i was told once upon a time (after i got burned by > this), this has nothing to do with a kernel option. it has to do > with the fact that you have to use an initrd.img in order to use > "LABEL"s in your /etc/fstab. > > as it was explained to me, when you use an initrd.img, the mounting > of the root FS is done in user space, which supports LABEL options. > > if you don't use an initrd.img, you can't use LABELs. if anyone > wants to expand on this, or clarify it, i'd be interested. > > rday
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