On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > In <9ef66fac1002102000u63567764s84a867b7376c4...@mail.gmail.com>, Albretch > Mueller wrote: >>> ... GRUB 2 should be able to find your kernel based on filesystem UUID >> >> Boyd, how am I gona know the filesystem UUID of a machine I have >>never used? ;-) > > The only filesystems you need (for booting and package installation) should be > on the USB device. The filesystem UUID for those won't change from machine to > machine. ~ Thank you Boyd I just tested if my external microdrive would report its UUID and it did ~ # blkid /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc1: UUID="7a3f9c93-f08f-4585-b86e-1e02df8ef133" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3" ~ I will have to customize a live CD to automatically use some start up kernel options depending on either probes or my selection. cheatcodes passed to the kernel have repeatedly saved my life ~ lbrtchx
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