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)