From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KLQcm-0006hJ-HM for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:28 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLQcl-0006hE-7N for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:27 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLQcj-0006h2-Ra for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:25 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45116 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLQcj-0006gz-N7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:25 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:7614) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLQcj-0001eJ-Lk for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:25 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 22 Jul 2008 18:46:24 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.21] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by relay.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C674618F22 for ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20080722220837.GB15825@thorin> References: <200807160115.07363.okuji@enbug.org> <1216164117.9604.8.camel@dv> <200807160132.18470.okuji@enbug.org> <1216165935.9604.26.camel@dv> <20080716071126.170a1d58@gibibit.com> <1216224537.26635.32.camel@dv> <20080719151410.GE23778@thorin> <1216675577.11291.40.camel@dv> <20080722213629.GB15111@thorin> <1216763876.5601.9.camel@dv> <20080722220837.GB15825@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:46:23 -0400 Message-Id: <1216766783.5601.33.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 (2.22.3.1-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: device.map (Re: Next release?) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:46:27 -0000 On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 00:08 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > I don't think it's that unusual. Let's take an example. We have 1 PATA > disk and 1 SATA disk, and are installing GNU/Linux in it. We only have > one /boot partition (or directory in /). Turns out we have no idea which > of the two disks the BIOS will want to use for boot. So the safest option > is to grub-install in both. A consequence of this is that one of the two > installs is cross-disk. I'm not saying it's unusual. GRUB cannot distinguish an external SATA from an internal SATA. In case on an external SATA, the user may expect to create a drive that would boot everywhere. > And (provided that UUIDs are used), this setup is _completely_ reliable and > there's no reason to prevent the user from doing it, IMHO. My point is not to prevent it, just to make it clear to the user. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin