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| author | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2008-07-05 02:30:18 +0200 |
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| committer | maximilian attems <maks@debian.org> | 2008-07-05 02:30:58 +0200 |
| commit | de49ed4bcab097563031b24f24d7f5c5d149e20f (patch) | |
| tree | 66e1a1d2b55f38446fb7eb7a7b01e6b3dfbd7b63 /initramfs-tools.8 | |
| parent | 08fe39090957b17a395691914d31ff90ec722689 (diff) | |
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initramfs-tools.8: document UUID usage for root and all_generic_ide
closes: #489186
Signed-off-by: maximilian attems <maks@debian.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'initramfs-tools.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | initramfs-tools.8 | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/initramfs-tools.8 b/initramfs-tools.8 index 75c7827..4c4aeb4 100644 --- a/initramfs-tools.8 +++ b/initramfs-tools.8 @@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ the binary to hand over execution to on the root fs after the initramfs scripts .TP \fB \fI root the device node to mount as the root file system. +The recommended usage is to specify the UUID as followed "root=UUID=xxx". +As normal device names are not stable and may change depending on the +boot order. .TP \fB \fI rootdelay @@ -118,6 +121,10 @@ The default is premount without any arg. Beware that if both "panic" and "break" are present, initramfs will not spawn any shells but reboot instead. +.TP +\fB \fI all_generic_ide +loads generic IDE/ATA chipset support on boot. + .SH HOOK SCRIPTS |