Compiling new kernel 2.6.21.3

[Man-wai Chang]

>>> Xubuntu booted with these errors:
>> Did you regenerate a new initrd.img-2.6.21....  file? (Total Guess!)
> I'll bet that's it. If you use Ubuntu kernels, that's done for you
> automagicly, but it you roll your own you have to roll your own initrd
> also.

Yes, I did run mkinitrd.

Anyway, I found out why. My 2.6.21.3 kernel didn't understand device UUID.

# /dev/hda2
UUID=8b25cd4a-b60e-4dd5-9671-350bbe7e619e / xfs defaults 0 2

The update-grub script of Xubuntu uses UUID to generate /boot/grub/menu.lst.

Which kernel option governs that?

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  / v \   May the Force and Farce be with you! Linux 2.6.21.3
/( _ )\  (Xubuntu 7.04)  14:25:01 up 21:12 0 users
   ^ ^    load average: 0.00 0.02 0.00
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