* Mark <bts@bts.grml.org> [20070711 21:15]:

> > the BIOS might see the devices in a different...order

> It might, but didn't - unless GRUB counts CD-ROM as a hard drive?  I removed the
> grml CD for reboot.  Nothing else changed.

Ah, sorry - looks like I was reading too fast, sorry.

Can you please provide me the /boot/grub/menu.lst you get when
installing grml2hd on the external usb device? And if possible: the
/boot/grub/device.map would be interesting as well. If you edit the
entries in grub's menu so it can boot what's inside your
/proc/cmdline then?

> > something we have addressed

> I know.  If that's exactly what comment #2 proposed, ok.

> I was thinking more along these lines.
> 'Why "root=" doesn't scale'  &  'Initrd vs initramfs'
> http://www.timesys.com/timesource/march_06.htm

JFTR: We are using a stable naming system for kernel and userspace
already (root=UUID) and on hd-installation we are using the newer
approach (initramfs) as well OOTB.

thx && regards,
-mika-