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On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Adam Carter <adamcarter3@gmail.com> wrote:
>> By the way, is it possible to use LABELs without and initrd? I'll start
>> using an initrd before too long, I'll also mess with decorations, but fo=
r
>> now, I'd like to keep my setup simple, no initrd.
>
> AND what bootloaders can use LABEL/UUID? Can grub's device.map use them?

I believe grub uses its own partition scheme (hd(0,0)), so fstab
should not matter to it unless you use the root=3D option. But even with
the root=3D option, grub can understand labels, and so grub2 (I'm using
it with labels right now).

LILO I don't know, I haven't used it in years.

Regards.
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