[TriLUG] / is /dev/root and not /dev/sda?

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Wed, 13 Jun 2012, Brian McCullough wrote:

> And on an rPath 1.0.7 system with a Xen DomU kernel 2.6.16.29 X86_64
> the result is:
>
> /dev/sda1 on / type ext3

from postings on the internet, the kernel has had /dev/root 
for / as far back as 2.4. I don't know when it became 
required.

Joe

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