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

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Wed Jun 15 2005 - 02:04:17 EST


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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