From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KOEeT-0000mn-Vy for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:35:50 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KOEeS-0000jw-IR for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:35:48 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KOEeQ-0000fc-Pg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:35:47 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44104 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KOEeQ-0000fN-I8 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:35:46 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:50752) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KOEeP-0003XE-9U for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:35:46 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO relay.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.81]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 30 Jul 2008 12:35:39 -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 B56EB618F22 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:35:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <1217442556.13410.7.camel@localhost> References: <1217442556.13410.7.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:35:37 -0400 Message-Id: <1217435737.27405.9.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: Is it possble to use /dev/disk/by-id/ in grub.conf? 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: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:35:48 -0000 On Wed, 2008-07-30 at 20:29 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > Hi, > > First of all my apologies if this is the wrong medium to post my > question, this was most appropriate medium I could find. > > I wonder if it is possible (and if so how) to to define a (real_)root > device in grub.conf for a /dev/disk/by-id/. I know it's possible for > uuid but uuid also keeps renaming my harddrives whereas /dev/disk/by-id > works fine. Thanks in advance! I believe disk IDs are not supported yet. If you describe your problem in more details, it may motivate somebody to add disk ID support. Or perhaps you are missing a simple solution possible with the current code. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin