From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 088021381F3 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:08:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8133DE0ADF; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:08:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 51656E0AB0 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:08:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MVer9-1UjlQx1RL5-00Yjk7; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:08:21 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 10:08:19 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't find init due to inconsistent drive order Message-ID: <20130702150819.GD3387@server> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:FsyFEK8i+hcyCxRlG0pF7GAuBTNMPoYRKK0VP9Wj+XH w9mNfC5dPJiKtOVkIYIn63M+g5b7h9ssCsO1HAqd/CQt7/G5Pt dKkcnmZs8Ni88wlVcWIHluV1JKxIM4L9VavGM04tWtK4Xc78h9 0GRGbcaR++t+r/VMuyTnfY4jydQQogfHg6L/Ni2Pc6W9WEbgeC Yr3+sR6j5Yq27iFYiS1DINAelScn9Xdq67DQViGfDrdZQB0gNz RFn7sOFGOHAqnviybTWQXtCREgF6xfiIIiUqOfWhCQVFlD2RQj qDIbW+M0dZBePebgEuIUmTcUnkIDiW819iM/xX1POugigX+CyZ eD2ZeC/mriQ6AVgi/2F8= X-Archives-Salt: e139fad1-d899-44dc-9a7d-a5371ef00359 X-Archives-Hash: d5e9dc45fd9b9d14b524661901404a42 On Tue, Jul 02, 2013 at 02:42:15PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > > > > You don't need to switch to GPT for that. I have a DOS partitioned disk and > > "blkid" prints the LABEL and UUID for each partition. > > And you can pass those values to the kernel via the "root=" parameter? That still requires an initrd/initramfs, iirc. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting