Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:37:09 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: kernel cmdline: root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1 "fallback"? |
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> The device is pretty small and has no keyboard, video card etc., so if it ever > happens to break (can be a disk failure, but also operator who messed with > startup scripts), it has to be opened (warranty!). > > These all unpleasant tasks could be avoided if it was possible to have a > "fallback" device. For example, consider this hypothetical command line: > > root=/dev/sdb1,/dev/sda1
You should use initramfs to achieve that.
(Note that SD naming is anyway dynamic - if only one of USB or HDD is plugged in, it will most likely become sda.)
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