Cannot use UUID with self-compiled kernel (Hardy)

[Mumia W.]

Rashkae wrote:
> 
> It's not a bug.. Being able to specify a root device by UUID is just one 
> of the many benefits initramfs offers.
> [...]

Thanks for the information about the initramfs/initrd. I've managed to 
get it to work by "cheating." I used the initrd from kernel 2.6.24:

 > title  Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.26-beamer1
 > root   (hd0,7)
 > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-beamer1 root=UUID=[...] ro
 > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
 > boot

I get a very quick message during bootup saying that it failed to make 
modules.dep, but so far the machine hasn't crashed hard ;-)