[syslinux] Determine from which device syslinux booted from

[Renato]

Unfortunately I can't use GPT partitions because the usb stick are created
by non-technical users and lots of them are still using xp 32 bits.

Thanks

2014-09-26 15:42 GMT-03:00 Alexey Orishko <alexey.orishko at gmail.com>:

> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Renato <renatoriolino at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The problem is that sometimes I have another USB stick on the same
> computer
> > wich has too a valid root device, but I don't want to boot from it, I
> want
> > to boot from the root device of the USB stick used to boot.
>
> Use GPT partition on USB stick and your problem is solved without need
> to know the name of boot device.
> All this comes to stating partuuid in linux kernel boot parameters in
> syslinux config file.
> By the way, you can get rid of initrd as well. All works fine on my
> custom linux build.
>
> Cheers,
> Alexey
>