Re: Force a usb drive to be /dev/sda?

[Stefan Richter]

Shawn Jin wrote:
> >  1. Mount filesystems by UUID or by label.
> >    Doesn't work with some filesystems.
>
> The bootloader I'm using is LILO. So I have to specify the boot device
> and the root device in lilo.conf. For example, boot=/dev/sda,
> root=/dev/sda1. I'm not sure how mounting filesystem by UUID or by
> label can help. A little bit elaboration will be more helpful.

Ah I forgot that...  Looks like this requires an initrd too, though 
without special scripts of your own.

> >  2. Refer to devices by device ID or by device path.
...
> Every USB thumb drive has a unique ID. So will I have to have a
> different root filesystem image if it's install in a different usb
> drive if the by-id way is adopted?

That's right, hence a filesystem ID is preferable over a drive ID.
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