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Shawn Jin wrote: >> 1. Mount filesystems by UUID or by label. >> Doesn't work with some filesystems. > > The bootloader I'm using is LILO. So I have to specify the boot device > and the root device in lilo.conf. For example, boot=/dev/sda, > root=/dev/sda1. I'm not sure how mounting filesystem by UUID or by > label can help. A little bit elaboration will be more helpful. Ah I forgot that... Looks like this requires an initrd too, though without special scripts of your own. >> 2. Refer to devices by device ID or by device path. ... > Every USB thumb drive has a unique ID. So will I have to have a > different root filesystem image if it's install in a different usb > drive if the by-id way is adopted? That's right, hence a filesystem ID is preferable over a drive ID. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- -==- -==-= http://arcgraph.de/sr/ | ||||||||||||
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