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I have installed suse 11 on one of my system. i am facing problem while booting from my active grub.
my active grub entry is as below:
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 - 2.6.27.11-1 (/dev/sda8)###
title SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 - 2.6.27.11-1 (/dev/sda8)
kernel (hd0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.11-1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200JS-22PDB0_WD-WCAPD2997677-part8 vga=0x314 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200JS-22PDB0_WD-WCAPD2997677-part3 splash=silent crashkernel=256M-:128M@16M showopts
initrd (hd0)/boot/initrd-2.6.27.11-1-default
in that i am not able to understand roo=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD3200JS-22PDB0_WD-WCAPD2997677-part8 part. can any one explain above line what it indicate.
I tried to replace that line with /dev/sda8 but i am facing problem "can nor mount selected partition"
There are several ways of identifying the boot partition and openSUSE chooses to use ids, which I also find difficult to comprehend.
Still, I suspect that we need to address the problem you are having, not diagnose whether the id format is correct. (If the openSUSE installer put it there, I bet it is fine.) Therefore, what is your actual problem (for example, SUSE does not boot)?
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