From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 05:02:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 05:02:28 -0500 Received: from [172.16.18.67] ([172.16.18.67]:43907 "EHLO passion.cambridge.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 05:02:19 -0500 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.2 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 From: David Woodhouse X-Accept-Language: en_GB In-Reply-To: <3A656C09.4A40BBF5@mandrakesoft.com> In-Reply-To: <3A656C09.4A40BBF5@mandrakesoft.com> <200101162111.f0GLBNb14141@webber.adilger.net> <20276.979724327@redhat.com> To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Andreas Dilger , Venkatesh Ramamurthy , "'Bryan Henderson'" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux not adhering to BIOS Drive boot order? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:02:07 +0000 Message-ID: <13466.979725727@redhat.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com said: > The one thing I don't know is... can the kernel mount the root fs if > only given the uuid? There are 2.2 patches to do it, which I think are now being dusted off and resurrected. but scanning for UUID involves poking at every partition on every available hard drive. Doing it by serial number (do SCSI drives have a unique serial number?) would be possible without doing that. -- dwmw2 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/