From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
To: Jurriaan <thunder7@xs4all.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: wanted: more informative message if root device can't be found/mounted
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:03:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45589744.60601@cfl.rr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20061111085200.GA4167@amd64.of.nowhere>
jurriaan wrote:
> I'm experimenting with turning off the PATA drivers and use SATA only,
> since all my devices are now found by the SATA drivers in
> 2.6.19-rc5-mm1.
>
> There is one area in which the kernel could, I think, do better. When
> booting, there's no way for me to know where /dev/hda is going to end
> up.
>
You might try using a distribution with an initramfs that performs
proper hardware detection, and can mount the root volume by ID rather
than device path.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-13 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-11 8:52 wanted: more informative message if root device can't be found/mounted jurriaan
2006-11-11 11:44 ` Olaf Hering
2006-11-11 11:57 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-11-11 14:11 ` Matt Domsch
2006-11-11 14:41 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2006-11-13 16:03 ` Phillip Susi [this message]
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