diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index 1c19ab6..2485151 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 ########################################################################
 ####  Script Name: inxi
-####  version: 0.9.10-b1-t6
+####  version: 0.10.0-b1-t6
 ####  Date: 4 February 2009
 ########################################################################
 ####  SPECIAL THANKS
@@ -2400,18 +2400,24 @@ get_partition_data_advanced()
 					}
 
 					# handle Arch /dev/root for / id
-# 					partition="root"
 					if ( partition == "root" ) {
+						# if this works, great, otherwise, just set this to null values
 						partTemp="'$( readlink /dev/root 2>/dev/null )'"
-# 						partTemp="/dev/disk/by-uuid/7b67bf1e-626d-43d2-9885-1d1bbae26809"
-						if ( partTemp ~ /^[hs]d[a-z][0-9]+$/ ) {
-							partition=partTemp
+						if ( partTemp != "" ) {
+							if ( partTemp ~ /^[hs]d[a-z][0-9]+$/ ) {
+								partition=gensub( /^(\/dev\/)(.+)$/, "\\2", 1, partTemp )
+							}
+							else if ( partTemp ~ /by-uuid\/[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+/ ) {
+								uuid=gensub( /^(\/dev\/disk\/by-uuid\/)(.+)$/, "\\2", 1, partTemp )
+							}
+							else if ( partTemp ~ /by-label/ ) {
+								label=gensub( /^(\/dev\/disk\/by-label\/)(.+)$/, "\\2", 1, partTemp )
+							}
 						}
-						else if ( partTemp ~ /by-uuid\/[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+-[a-z0-9]+/ ) {
-							uuid=gensub( /^(\/dev\/disk\/by-uuid\/)(.+)$/, "\\2", 1, partTemp )
-						}
-						else if ( partTemp ~ /by-label/ ) {
-							label=gensub( /^(\/dev\/disk\/by-label\/)(.+)$/, "\\2", 1, partTemp )
+						else {
+							partition = ""
+							label = ""
+							uuid = ""
 						}
 					}
 					print partition "," label "," uuid