Latest working kernel version: (none) Earliest failing kernel version: 2.6.26 Distribution: Ubuntu 8.04 Hardware Environment: i386 Software Environment: linux-source, kernel_package Problem Description: I would like to see UUID support built into the kernel; in particular, I would like to be able to do this in Grub: > title Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.26 > root (hd0,7) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26 rootuuid=aaaabbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeffff ro > boot In other words, the "rootuuid" parameter would specify the UUID of the hard disk to use as the root partition, and no initrd or initramfs would be needed. This request has come out of a thread I created in the Ubuntu-users mailing list: http://home.earthlink.net/~mumia.w.18.spam/docs/nouuid-1.txt http://home.earthlink.net/~mumia.w.18.spam/docs/nouuid-2.txt Steps to reproduce: Specify rootuuid=aaaabbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeffff, and it will be ignored if there is no initrd or initramfs. Specify root=UUID=aaaabbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeffff, and it will be ignored if there is no initrd or initramfs.
Sorry, we can't take feature requests in bugzilla. If you want to have better luck with this, you should start the effort off yourself and post it on the appropriate mailing list.
> and it will be ignored if there is no initrd or initramfs. --> but if someone wants to harm the system (as suggested) he would place a initrd or initramfs sorry links are dead: http://home.earthlink.net/~mumia.w.18.spam/docs/nouuid-1.txt http://home.earthlink.net/~mumia.w.18.spam/docs/nouuid-2.txt please reply.
Please do not worry about it.