From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MWupO-0003Ak-Ik for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:19:30 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWupM-00037x-80 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:19:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWupH-00031c-Nz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:19:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=48684 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWupH-00031N-C9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:19:23 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:46643) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWupG-0001n0-Ts for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:19:23 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 31 Jul 2009 12:19:20 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C9A3734C6A for ; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:31:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20090731103602.GQ11691@riva.ucam.org> References: <20090729183547.GP11691@riva.ucam.org> <1248901424.4253.2.camel@mj> <20090731103602.GQ11691@riva.ucam.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:19:19 -0400 Message-Id: <1249057159.16125.22.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 (2.26.3-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: grub-probe, but in reverse? 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: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:19:28 -0000 On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 11:36 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > They're entered by users choosing where to install GRUB, whom we can > hardly expect to enter UUIDs by hand. Likewise, we shouldn't expect them to enter drives in the GRUB notation, such as "(hd0)". > Perhaps we can figure out how to > give them a select list of available choices, which could then include > UUIDs behind the scenes ... Yes, something like that. Users should be able to choose the disk by its size, maker, Linux device name. Maybe GRUB could support disk UUID eventually, but in the meantime, a UUID of one of the partitions would do, as long as it's indeed unique. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin