[Bugme-new] [Bug 332] New: /etc/fstab LABEL for root partition not working

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           Summary: /etc/fstab LABEL for root partition not working
    Kernel Version: 2.5.59
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
             Owner: bugme-janitors at lists.osdl.org
         Submitter: fdavis at si.rr.com


Distribution: RedHat 8.0
Hardware Environment: i686
Software Environment: kernel 2.5.59
Problem Description:

I have built a very basic 2.5.59, however, it will not boot on a RH 8.0 system.
It will boot on a RH 7.3 . The difference is the /etc/fstab file. RH 8.0 has a 
LABEL tag on their partitions...

LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 2
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
LABEL=/home             /home                   ext3    defaults        1 2
LABEL=/opt              /opt                    ext3    defaults        1 2
none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0

For some reason, if I have a label on the root partition, Linux fails to mount
the partition, and thus an unsuccessful boot will occur (/etc is on /).

I have submitted this problem to RedHat and they insist its a kernel related issue. 

Thoughts?

Steps to reproduce:
Compile a 2.5.59 kernel.
Run the kernel on a RH 8.0 system where /etc/fstab has label on root partition

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