On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 03:41:16PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Robert Millan <r...@aybabtu.com> > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:45:31 +0100 > > > It's not an absolute must that device names are unique. You can still > > identify partitions by their filesystem UUID or label, and in fact this > > is what our default scripts (grub-mkconfig) do anyway. > > Things like UUID and labels are not an option for the 512-byte > boot block where I have to know the exact OBP path of the boot > device, and this is what the GRUB kernel fetches from the > 'bootpath' environment variable to compose the root device > and path.
What 512-byte boot block? -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
