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From: Warren Togami <wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: initramfs <initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: How to find the root partition with root=dhcp root-path=iscsi:::...
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:06:04 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A3A65EC.1010404@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A3A4F8F.8070204-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

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
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-06-18 16:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-06-18 14:30 How to find the root partition with root=dhcp root-path=iscsi::: Harald Hoyer
     [not found] ` <4A3A4F8F.8070204-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-18 16:06   ` Warren Togami [this message]
     [not found]     ` <4A3A65EC.1010404-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-18 17:01       ` Harald Hoyer
     [not found]         ` <4A3A72E9.3000605-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-18 17:06           ` Warren Togami
2009-06-19  2:55           ` David Dillow
     [not found]             ` <1245380152.28792.9.camel-FqX9LgGZnHWDB2HL1qBt2PIbXMQ5te18@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-19  6:21               ` Harald Hoyer
     [not found]                 ` <4A3B2E6D.2000809-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-19 16:05                   ` David Dillow
     [not found]                     ` <1245427519.32104.2.camel-FqX9LgGZnHWDB2HL1qBt2PIbXMQ5te18@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-19 16:40                       ` Harald Hoyer
     [not found]                         ` <4A3BBF97.3090403-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-19 17:11                           ` David Dillow
2009-06-18 17:29   ` Warren Togami

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