From: Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Warren Togami <wtogami-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: 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 19:01:29 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A3A72E9.3000605@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A3A65EC.1010404-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
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.
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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
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2009-06-18 16:06 ` Warren Togami
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2009-06-18 17:01 ` Harald Hoyer [this message]
[not found] ` <4A3A72E9.3000605-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2009-06-18 17:06 ` Warren Togami
2009-06-19 2:55 ` David Dillow
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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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