[Wylug-help] USB Flash: device numbers, filenames and grub

[Jason Lander]

Dave,

>  "If /linuxrc  is not executed or when /linuxrc terminates, the normal
>  root file system is mounted." (initrd man page)

Joining the discussion rather late. If I recall correctly, if you are 
using ext2 or ext3, you can label the root filesystem with e2label and use

    root=LABEL=whatever_you_called_it

within grub.

- Jason