grub configuration, boot.
Timothy Murphy
gayleard at eircom.net
Thu Dec 24 00:25:44 UTC 2009
Dj YB wrote:
>> If you run in a root terminal session the commands
>>
>> fdisk -l
>>
>> to see exactly what the device names are. Then run
>>
>> vol_id -u /dev/sdXn
>>
>> Where X is the drive and n is the partition number. You will get the
>> UUID
>> for the partitions. You can then edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and make the
>> kernel line specify explicitly the partitions you want to use with the
>> syntax
>>
>> root=UUID=.......
Is it necessary to do this?
I think grub will still accept the old /dev names, eg "root=/dev/sda6".
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Timothy Murphy
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