* Mark <bts@bts.grml.org> [20070711 20:15]:

> In this bug report, the next reboot had identical devices, one USB device, the
> same USB device.

Sure, but the BIOS might see the devices in a different,
non-predictable order. That's why it fails in your case.

Sorry, I'm not aware of a solution for that problem but would
*reall* welcome one.

> For a general workaround see comment 2:
> http://forums.devshed.com/linux-help-33/initrd-usb-boot-332584.html

This is a userspace issue, something we have addressed with
root=UUID=... since grml 1.0 already. (Which avoids a problem of
labels: duplicate UUID won't happen whereas duplicate labels are
nothing unusual.)

regards,
-mika-