[arch-general] genfstab, fstab, seclabel, UUID vs. PARTUUID, and Arch Wiki

[Damien Robert]

vixsomnis  wrote in message
<1415255453.3685895.187687373.7A25E4C3 at webmail.messagingengine.com>:
> Weird issues with genfstab:
>     -    When I run with the -U option, no UUIDs are placed in fstab.
>     With the -L option, no labels. Am I correct in thinking that the
>     "/dev/sdX" should be replaced with UUIDs and labels, respectively?

Yes.

> Also, on following the Arch Wiki's advice in the beginner's guide: I
> used PARTUUIDs in my fstab and gummiboot entries. My system wasn't able
> to boot with these, which I had gotten from "blkid".

Where did it fails exactly? Was the initrd able to mount your slash?

> When I switched
> them out for regular UUIDs, I had no problems, and my system booted
> flawlessly. If someone could confirm that we should be using UUIDs, I'll
> change this on the wiki. If PARTUUIDs *should* work, can someone please
> explain why? Or maybe just vouch that they work on your system? I've
> never had success with them. I'll edit the wiki once this is verified,
> or otherwise resolved.

For gummiboot I use
title   Arch Linux
linux   /vmlinuz-linux
initrd  /initramfs-linux.img
options root=PARTUUID="986178da-85b0-4a7c-a0ec-600adfa32be7"
and it works well.

My fstab uses UUID though because I generate it with genfstab -U; but for
mounting slash only the linux kernel options should matter at the initrd
stage; up to the normal boot where slash will be remounted by
systemd-remount-fs if it is in the fstab.