Is root=UUID=... a supported kernel parameter?

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* Is root=UUID=... a supported kernel parameter?
@ 2005-06-15  5:21 Leroy Tennison
  2005-06-15  7:01 ` Christoph Hellwig
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Leroy Tennison @ 2005-06-15  5:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

If yes, what is the correct format (I tried the above with the UUID 
reported from dumpe2fs, didn't work).  If no, please consider as an 
enhancement request.

Please copy me on replies, there is no sense in subscribing when I can't 
answer other people's questions and rarely have a question myself. 
 Google for "root=UUID Linux kernel" produced 3 documents - nothing 
useful.  Thank you in advance for any reply.

Why do I ask?  Multiple hard disks with multiple Linux distributions 
installed, mix and match on different computers at times.  Do I dare 
change the various distro's '/' label to something else?

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* Re: Is root=UUID=... a supported kernel parameter?
  2005-06-15  5:21 Is root=UUID=... a supported kernel parameter? Leroy Tennison
@ 2005-06-15  7:01 ` Christoph Hellwig
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2005-06-15  7:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Leroy Tennison; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 12:21:27AM -0500, Leroy Tennison wrote:
> If yes, what is the correct format (I tried the above with the UUID 
> reported from dumpe2fs, didn't work).  If no, please consider as an 
> enhancement request.

No, it's not supported.  The kernel doesn't deal with UUIDs at all.
The initrd of various distributions support this feature, though.


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