04-06-2002
you can also do:
# init 1
or from lilo:
linux 1
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lilo-uuid-diskid
LILO-UUID-DISKID(8) lilo documentation LILO-UUID-DISKID(8)
NAME
lilo-uuid-diskid - convert boot / root options to diskid and uuid in lilo.conf.
SYNOPSIS
lilo-uuid-diskid [-h] [-v] [lilo.conf]
DESCRIPTION
This script looks for the boot block device or boot partition and create the right diskid or uuid as boot option. Then it looks for all
root partitions and create the right uuids as root options.
These conversions are necessary for use with newer kernel (>= 2.6.26) if it use the libata module for parallel and serial ATA interfaces of
block devices (i. e. hard disks with IDE or SATA interface, usbsticks).
OPTIONS
-h Print a brief help.
-v Print verbose messages.
EXAMPLES
Lines in the configuration file /etc/lilo.conf:
#boot = /dev/sda
boot = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_SV1604N_S01FJ10X999999
#root = /dev/sda1
root = "UUID=/dev/disk/by-uuid/18843936-00f9-4df0-a373-000d05a5dd44"
COPYRIGHT and LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2010-2011 Joachim Wiedorn
This script is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License version 2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
AUTHOR
lilo-uuid-diskid was written by Joachim Wiedorn.
This manual page was written by Joachim Wiedorn <ad_debian at joonet.de> for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
SEE ALSO
lilo(8), update-lilo(8), liloconfig(8)
23.1 2011-03-20 LILO-UUID-DISKID(8)