Problem build initrd file

[Bill McGonigle]

On Mar 23, 2007, at 16:57, Don Leslie wrote:

> I tried
> kernel /vmlinux-2.4.21-27-mpt_scsi ro root=LABEL=/dev/sda1 hda=ide- 
> scsi
>    &
> kernel /vmlinux-2.4.21-27-mpt_scsi ro root=LABEL=/dev/hda1 hda=ide- 
> scsi
>
> I get the same error .

You can have anything in an ext2 filesystem label, but odds are high  
they're not labeled with device names (e.g. /dev/sda1)

So, in the above examples,

   kernel /vmlinux-2.4.21-27-mpt_scsi ro root=/dev/sda1 hda=ide-scsi

is more likely to be right than the LABEL= variant.  Using labels for  
meaningful tags is useful, like root=LABEL=rootdisk.  I'd probably go  
so far as to say labeling a filesystem with a LABEL that is device  
name is confusing and harmful.

see 'man e2label' for more on filesystem labeling.

Just a small point on your more complex problem...

-Bill


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