On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:05:59PM +0200, Tomáš Ebenlendr wrote: > > Dne 29 Květen 2008, 12:46, Bean napsal(a): > > > I think this is the most convenient way of installing grub2 in vista. > > User don't need any customization. They just add the entry and copy > > /boot/grub to any supported partition. Besides, our driver currently > > don't support UUID, and some partition doesn't have UUID (like FAT). > > > > Every FAT has serial number, generated when first formating of partition, > it is only 4 bytes, so it is not as unique as UUID but it suffices. > > Other filesystems often have similar identifiers.
My point is not about FAT; that's just an example. What I mean is we can't always rely on UUID being usable; and in Bean's use case it isn't. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
