[MeeGo-dev] Initrd on Kernel to mount root with UUID

[Arjan van de Ven]

On 6/4/2011 3:00 PM, Leonardo Luiz Padovani da Mata wrote:
> Hello folks, how are you?
>
> I'm facing an interesting problem and i think that the solution is 
> simple, but i'd like to discuss it on the list.
>
> The MeeGo kernel doesn't use an initrd, to make it faster on boot, i 
> guess.
> The problem i'm facing is that when i install the system on a netbook 
> with a usb disk the order of the disks change and i have problems 
> booting after the installation. If i change the boot loader 
> information and plug a pen-drive at boot time, the order change again.
>
> Using UUID of disks solve the problem, but without a initrd on the 
> kernel the system cannot boot, since UUID mounting is available only 
> with initrd. (also LABEL mounting)
>
> We use a custom kernel here and we use grub boot loader, but this 
> problem may happened on other boot loaders. There is one solution to 
> use GUID without initrd: 
> http://www.linux-archive.org/gentoo-user/481167-mounting-root-partition-uuid-no-initrd-needed.html

odd; our installer, bootloader and kernel configuration actually should 
not allow this to happen....

can you reproduce this with the meego reference set of these ?