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

[Dave Fisher]

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 03:03:35PM +0000, Jason Lander wrote:
> 
> 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

Thanks Jason,

I had thought about that option momentarily, then forgot about it ...
cos I couldn't remember the syntax at the time.

Just to check that I'm not conflating different things, we are talking
about the volume label in the partition table here, aren't we?

Dave