Re: How to find the root partition with root=dhcp root-path=iscsi:::...

[Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On 06/19/2009 04:55 AM, David Dillow wrote:
> 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.

ok, so the LUN is the partition number?
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