On Sun, 2005-09-11 at 13:06 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > He's talking about finding the root partition here. At that > point you have the kernel and initrd loaded and no longer > need bios. Assume you have /boot on a partition that > bios understands and want to be able to arbitrarily move > the drive that holds the / partition around. Won't > labels, LVM identifiers and even md devices be found > and assembled correctly from anywhere at this stage? If the disk order does not change in the BIOS, yes. But if the disk order changes in the BIOS, no. That's typically the problem. In reality, it's _also_ a problem for NT-based Windows too. Many people have only used DOS-based (9x/Me) Windows which can use BIOS Disk Services (aka "Using Compatibility Mode"). -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The best things in life are NOT free - which is why life is easiest if you save all the bills until you can share them with the perfect woman