On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Indulekha <indule...@theunworthy.com> wrote: > > Actually, I just remembered something -- depending on how many usb disks > you have plugged in at boot, the /dev/sdx assignment may change, and in > my experience grub is terrible at dealing with that in spite of > allegedly using uuid... For instance, I have two usb drives, either of > which may be designated /dev/sdb or /dev/sdc by the system -- if I plug > both in and try to boot from one of them, it may or may not work as a > result. If I plug only one in and grub considers it "/dev/sdb" it will > always work. I don't know why grub should care about the /dev/sdn designation > if it has access to the uuid, this strikes me as incredibly stupid and would > seem to indicate that uuid support in grub is only partially implemented > (i.e still requires "dev/sdn" to be correct or uuid search fails). But that's > the way it seems to work, nonetheless. > > So when you install grub and boot, if possible make sure no other usb > disks are plugged in and see how that goes.
+1 for the number of disks plugged. UUIDs aren't of any use when installing grub to the MBR because they're a property of the filesystem and not the disk. You might be able to use "/dev/disk/by-id/..." instead of "/dev/sdX", at least in more recent grub versions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SzeaX=or7pnor8jqze15cjd_-u87zi4dtzspot71n6...@mail.gmail.com
