[esr]
> > > The version I just released does exactly that. Well, not exactly; it
> > > actually looks at fstab -- /proc/mounts gives you '/dev/root' rather
> > > than a physical device name in the root entry.
IMHO you should still use /proc/mounts to determine the root filesystem
type. In my fstab file I don't mention ext3 anywhere - I use 'auto' as
fs type instead. That way my ext3 partitions will mount correctly when
I boot a non-ext3-capable kernel. (They mount as ext2 in that case.)
Peter
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