On 2011-10-04, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote: > The answer is to let grub2 find the correct disk by checking the UUID > of the *partition table* on each disk, and then load the boot sector > from only that disk without even knowing the /dev/sd* name or the > BIOS disk number. > > I'm assuming/hoping that the new EFI mechanism will make all of this > garbage obsolete fairly soon.
If Microsoft gets their way, EFI will indeed make all of this obsolete, since it will (for all practical purposes) prohibit booting anything except pre-configured factory-certified installations of MS-Windows. > Anyone here understand the basics of EFI and how it might relate to > these problems? -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Didn't I buy a 1951 at Packard from you last March gmail.com in Cairo?