--- On Fri, 6/13/08, Skunk Worx <skunkworx(a)verizon.net> wrote:
From: Skunk Worx <skunkworx(a)verizon.net>
Subject: f9 grub kernel arguments and kickstart questions
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 9:54 PM
Hi,
I see that my f9 installs have a grub kernel argument
'root=UUID={hex}'
In my computer, only the default Fedora 9 kernel installs such an entry, the others
appear to be normal
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,2)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.25.4-30.fc9.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.4-30.fc9.x86_64 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.4-30.fc9.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.3-18.fc9.x86_64.img
title Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64 ro root=UUID=72f4731d-a8f3-4c89-a4da-98bc778e88f5
rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64.i
The rest I do not know, I only can respond as what I have seen here :)
Hopefully someone can tell you, if you need to worry or not?
Could someone tell me a little about this? I've used
things like
root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 for seems like ages.
Does this impact things like disk cloning or jumbling packs
between
machines?
If so, is there a way to specify the older method in a
kickstart file?
Also I know I can 'append' things in kickstart like
"vga=791 acpi=force
reboot=b', but can I remove the 'rhgb quiet'?
Yes you may. Booting still works fine :)
Thanks,
John
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Regards,
Antonio