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Re: Kubuntu 7.10 64bit
* markus reichelt <ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This should be no problem. The /proc filesystem is usually mounted
> > by the script and mount -[U|L] relies just on /proc/partitions.
>
> On a sidenote: Have you tried Alon's approach yet? I like the idea of
> using kernel boot parameters to reflect changes in one's system.
What do you mean with "Alon´s approach"? Did I miss a posting? Manpage for mount says:
"-L label
Mount the partition that has the specified label.
-U uuid
Mount the partition that has the specified uuid. These two options require the file /proc/partitions to exist."
As no one seems to have done this, I suppose the build-initrd.sh script can´t build an appropriate initrd for this. The unencrypted /boot partition is defined like "BOOTDEV=/dev/hda1" and mounted as /lib. Using UUID would need an initrd mounting /lib with "mount -U" and then the uuid or label given in the script.
I hoped someone had experience with this and so either tell me that it is a good idea or just a waste of time to ask for this. Most likely I´ll do some testing, also because of this issue with language support from kernel parameters. Good passphrases definitely require some µs and euro signs in them. A full graphical password terminal with mouse support and all UTF-8 characters would be godlike :-)
Kind regards
Peter
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