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

[Joseph Mack NA3T]

On Tue, 12 Jun 2012, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:

since no-one is saying that /dev/root is / on their machines 
(and they think that /dev/root is normal for /), I can't 
tell if I'm the only one with / == /dev/root. I don't know 
if it's the disk (sda, hda), kernel, udevd, the ramdisk, the 
distro...? Can I get a bit of a show of hands of people 
have? Just reply, filling in the columns below till I get an 
idea. Here's a few of my machines

/ will be /dev/root /dev/hda? /dev/sda? or label
uname -r 
udevd --version
distro

root        real_root   kernel   initramfs  udev   distro
/dev/root   /dev/sda3   3.2.9    -          153    slackware
/dev/root   /dev/sda3   2.6.37   -          165    slackware
/dev/hda1   /dev/hda1   2.4.37   -          -      slackware

your entry here...


Thanks Joe

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