Re: [Bug-grub] linux boot hangs with grub

[Adrian Phillips]

>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Thomas <address@hidden> writes:

    Jason> On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 11:26:20AM -0500, Simon J. Rees
    Jason> wrote:
    >> output from fdisk /dev/hda: Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63
    >> sectors, 5005 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
    >> 
    >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 2295
    >> 18434556 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 2296 5005 21768075 85 Linux
    >> extended /dev/hda5 * 2296 2299 32098+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 2300
    >> 2363 514048+ 82 Linux swap /dev/hda7 2364 2863 4016218+ 83
    >> Linux /dev/hda8 2864 5005 17205583+ 83 Linux
    >> 
    >> /etc/fstab LABEL=/ / ext2 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext2
    >> defaults 1 2 LABEL=/home /home ext2 defaults 1 2
    Jason> ^^^^^^^

    Jason> this doesn't look right, it should probably be something
    Jason> like: /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda5 /boot ext2
    Jason> defaults 1 2 /dev/hda7 /home ext2 defaults 1 3

Actually from fstab :-

       Instead of giving the device explicitly, one may  indicate
       the (ext2) filesystem that is to be mounted by its UUID or
       volume label (cf.  e2label(8)), writing  LABEL=<label>  or
       UUID=<uuid>,  e.g.,  `LABEL=Boot'  or `UUID=3e6be9de-8139­
       -11d1-9106-a43f08d823a6'.  This will make the system  more
       robust:  adding  or  removing a SCSI disk changes the disk
       device name but not the filesystem volume label.

so that would be okay for ext2 at least,

Sincerely,

Adrian Phillips

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