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Re: [PATCH] 10_linux: avoid multi-device root= kernel argument


From: Olaf Hering
Subject: Re: [PATCH] 10_linux: avoid multi-device root= kernel argument
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:54:26 +0100
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Am 28.01.2016 um 17:46 schrieb Andrei Borzenkov:
> This still respects user settings GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID. Not sure what we
> should do in this case.

grub cant possibly know what the device name of the target OS is. This
is especially true if it tries to guess what the OS on partitions other
than the current / might expect. So:
never append any root= or resume= to the OS cmdline. Its the task of the
initrd to find the relevant block devices.

Olaf



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