From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Ju9bT-0005Lw-0s for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 13:08:23 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ju9bR-0005La-8J for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 13:08:21 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ju9bP-0005LO-7E for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 13:08:20 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55772 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ju9bP-0005LL-3a for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 13:08:19 -0400 Received: from gateway12.websitewelcome.com ([67.18.88.9]:33111) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Ju9bO-0008J3-L6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 13:08:18 -0400 Received: (qmail 18177 invoked from network); 8 May 2008 17:09:39 -0000 Received: from gator297.hostgator.com (74.53.228.114) by gateway12.websitewelcome.com with SMTP; 8 May 2008 17:09:39 -0000 Received: from [146.187.134.225] (port=51117 helo=localhost) by gator297.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Ju9bJ-00075Z-Kg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 May 2008 12:08:13 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 10:08:01 -0700 From: Colin D Bennett To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20080508100801.2f926976@gibibit.com> In-Reply-To: References: <4807AA02.1020909@mail.berlios.de> <20080418132858.GH29226@thorin> <480A02F3.7000504@mail.berlios.de> <20080420100713.GA16764@thorin> <1208773866.29071.11.camel@dv> <20080506151800.GA25697@thorin> <1210088628.2796.14.camel@dv> <20080507130307.GD16492@thorin> <1210180970.2321.17.camel@dv> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/=QJtp/wwNbvZMpp3/CvvlK4"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator297.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gibibit.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: retiring device.map 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: Thu, 08 May 2008 17:08:21 -0000 --Sig_/=QJtp/wwNbvZMpp3/CvvlK4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 8 May 2008 01:39:47 +0800 Bean wrote: > On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 1:22 AM, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 15:03 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:43:48AM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 17:18 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > > > > > > > > I completely agree. How do we go about this? First of all > > > > > we need support for labels, right? > > > > > > > > We have it already in the "search" command. Of course, there > > > > is always room for improvement. GRUB doesn't recognize Linux > > > > swap labels. It cannot set root to, say, partition 3 on a > > > > disk where partition 1 has the given label. > > > > > > Sorry, I was confusing labels with UUIDs. The problem with > > > labels is they're not garanteed to be unique, right? So maybe > > > we need support for UUIDs.. > > > > Right. >=20 > Yes, UUID can be useful, it's better to add it to grub2. I think that while labels (like "linux boot", "swap 2", etc.) are useful and easy to use for fixed disk drives (and conveniently avoid problems when drive order is changed!), they are inadequate for removable drives such as USB flash drives or external hard drives, where it is easy to run into name clashes--for instance, when swapping external drives between machines, they might have the same name but have slightly different purposes/content and need different treatment. In some cases like this, the UUID seems a better choice than a label (copy and paste is your friend, however). Regards, Colin --Sig_/=QJtp/wwNbvZMpp3/CvvlK4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkgjM34ACgkQokx8fzcGbYdKtgCfQj0IxinK69vQgQ5p55uzto8F olQAn31cPeIvvCkw0vZSS5/94Dua3Zlv =WwWJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/=QJtp/wwNbvZMpp3/CvvlK4--