Re: [PATCH] rootfstype boot argument

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Guest section DW (dwguest@win.tue.nl) wrote :

>On Sun, Feb 27, 2000 at 05:23:36PM -0700, Peter J. Braam wrote:
>
>> boot: linux rootfstype=InterMezzo
>
>Good!
>
>[Four years ago I submitted a patch for the same boot parameter:
>+ * Added rootfstype= option: autodetection is unreliable, aeb, 960416
>Mount with autodetection is sometimes unreliable; people who need
>absolutely reliable operation use mount -t. But at boot time the
>kernel just guesses - very un-Unix-like.]
>
>Andries

I also submitted a patch in aug-1999 which eliminates some "guessing"
too.
It allows to specifiy the root-fs partition by volume label or by the
UUID.
You can look at my post at
http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9908.0/0448.html

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