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 B9F8E1381F3 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:36:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 281B2E0ACC; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:36:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F347CE0A01 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:36:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E7C333E72A for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:36:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.157 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.157 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-2.348, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.009, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hQezaxcjhua0 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:36:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45ECE33E823 for ; Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:36:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Uu7JD-0008Jf-FR for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:36:19 +0200 Received: from dsl.comtrol.com ([64.122.56.22]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:36:19 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by dsl.comtrol.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 02 Jul 2013 22:36:19 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Can't find init due to inconsistent drive order Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:36:03 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dsl.comtrol.com User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: 1e21aba7-a190-434a-8040-86ae7e69f924 X-Archives-Hash: 8310da4c7b3e7e004500219be5a145c9 On 2013-07-02, Randolph Maa?en wrote: > 2013/7/2 Grant Edwards > >> On 2013-07-02, Randolph Maa?en wrote: >>> 2013/7/2 Grant Edwards >> >>>> It looks like my options are: >>>> >> [...] >>>> >>>> 5) For the drive with the root parition on it switch from a DOS >>>> parition table to a GPT partition table and use the >>>> root=PARTUUID= kernel option. >>> >>> 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? > > Yep. The G in GPT just means that the type of the partition is stored > as GUID/UUID. The partition ID is a separate value. I think you're confusing the partition UUID and the filesystem UUID (which I believe is what's printed by blkid). GPT provides a partition UUID you can use to tell the kernel where root is. DOS/MBR does not. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I just had my entire at INTESTINAL TRACT coated gmail.com with TEFLON!