ProbeForRootFilesystem
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* What implications does this have for mass duplication of systems? In Ghost the filesystem is recreated on the target drive (and thus, I assume, a new UUID). How might this compare to mounting via the label instead? -- JayCamp |
Launchpad Entry: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/probe-for-root-filesystem
Created: Date(2005-10-27T22:05:00Z) by JeffBailey2
Contributors: JeffBailey2
Packages affected:
Summary
Rationale
As of Ubuntu 5.10, the boot process relies on a kernel parameter to provide the device path for the root filesystem. This mechanism is subject to failure in the following scenarios: The device containing the root filesystem moves to a different bus, driver, port, or otherwise is recognized by Linux as a "different" device The device containing the root filesystem is relocated from one system to another (especially applicable to removable devices such as USB storage media) The hardware detection process within Linux or early userspace changes in incompatible ways (such as changing the order in which devices on a bus are detected) We should provide a mechanism which is not subject to these problems, while maintaining robustness in the common case (a device which doesn't move).
Use cases
Scope
Design
Implementation
- One possibility for this is the 'search' command in grub2
- Implement d-i bits to propagate UUID information for FS that supports this feature down the path so that whenever possible we will mount via UUID otherwise use classic system.
What implications does this have for mass duplication of systems? In Ghost the filesystem is recreated on the target drive (and thus, I assume, a new UUID). How might this compare to mounting via the label instead? -- JayCamp
Code
- d-i/partman/fstab
Data preservation and migration
- None
Outstanding issues
RAID volumes actually have two UUIDs -- one for the RAID, and one for the filesystem on them. We should either support both, or synchronize them.
BoF agenda and discussion
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