RE: could not find filesystem /dev/root

[Jan Engelhardt]

>>   On the other side, you can run udev _once_ to create device 
>> nodes like 
>> /dev/disk/by-label/ to allow at least correct booting (possibly using 
>> LABEL=) Once the box is up, one can always figure out which drive is 
>> which by looking at fdisk or other info. (Gets a little hard when 
>> they're all the same manufacturer and type, but then again, LABEL= 
>> will work without udev in the "normal" userspace.)
>
>I may give it a try... Using uuid could also be an option but I'm not
>sure this can be configured thru fstab...

To mount disks using LABEL= or UUID=, as far as I know, you need either
blkid or guessfstype, or a /dev/disk/by-{label,uuid}/ symlink. This 
should work even when there is no udev running.


	-`J'
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