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haxit

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[Solved] Stupid Questions

1) How is this pointing to my root directory: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/dc1b864b-04cc-4f43-ba61-6ca4f9fac39f

2) Also is this guide 100% accurate? http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ker … rom_Source

Last edited by haxit (2008-09-13 22:08:03)

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wuischke

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From: Suisse Romande

Registered: 2007-01-06

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Re: [Solved] Stupid Questions

1. Not directory, but partition. A uuid here is a unique identifier for a partition and using the /dev/disk/by-uuid/ - path will mount the partition represented by this identifier to root.

2. I don't know.

Onwards

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From: Pakistan

Registered: 2007-04-18

Posts: 108

Re: [Solved] Stupid Questions

About (1):
It is a line from your menu.lst file that tells grub about the device file that represents your root partition.

P.S. You beat me to it

Last edited by Onwards (2008-09-13 21:36:40)

Misfit138

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From: USA

Registered: 2006-11-27

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Re: [Solved] Stupid Questions

1. See here.
2. I can attest for the accuracy of the parts I wrote..but not for installing the kernel manually.
It looks quite good though.

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haxit

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Re: [Solved] Stupid Questions

Thanks guys. Btw, nice new avatar misfit

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