From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K1hPG-0001OE-Tp for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 08:38:58 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K1hPF-0001Nj-Ha for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 08:38:57 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K1hPE-0001N8-3Q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 08:38:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51614 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K1hPE-0001N5-0d for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 08:38:56 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:33489) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K1hPD-0003oa-LS for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 08:38:55 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K1hOs-00010e-AK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 14:38:35 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K1hOh-000083-64 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 14:38:23 +0200 Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 14:38:23 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080529123823.GA391@thorin> References: <20080528135402.GE26495@thorin> <20080529095812.GA28156@thorin> <57693.195.113.21.148.1212062759.squirrel@drak.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <57693.195.113.21.148.1212062759.squirrel@drak.ucw.cz> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] Scan root device dynamically at startup 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, 29 May 2008 12:38:57 -0000 On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:05:59PM +0200, Tomáš Ebenlendr wrote: > > Dne 29 Květen 2008, 12:46, Bean napsal(a): > > > I think this is the most convenient way of installing grub2 in vista. > > User don't need any customization. They just add the entry and copy > > /boot/grub to any supported partition. Besides, our driver currently > > don't support UUID, and some partition doesn't have UUID (like FAT). > > > > Every FAT has serial number, generated when first formating of partition, > it is only 4 bytes, so it is not as unique as UUID but it suffices. > > Other filesystems often have similar identifiers. My point is not about FAT; that's just an example. What I mean is we can't always rely on UUID being usable; and in Bean's use case it isn't. -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)