From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1K1mgx-00072w-FQ for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:35 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K1mgv-00072E-PO for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:33 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K1mgu-00071a-4p for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:33 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52936 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K1mgt-00071V-Vd for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:32 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]:59756) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K1mgt-0005DA-Mz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:31 -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 1K1mgW-0001Uz-Le for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 20:17:10 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1K1mgX-0006nk-3X for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 20:17:09 +0200 Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:17:09 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080529181709.GA26058@thorin> References: <20080529151336.GA6158@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: 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] UUID support 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 18:17:34 -0000 On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:50:42AM +0800, Bean wrote: > > BTW, I think we can embed the UUID of the root device in > core.img/grub.elf, so that when the traditional root device fails to > locate normal.mod, it uses the UUID to scan for root device. Good idea. But I'd check for UUID first. When you find a UUID match, it's much more reliable than a filename one. -- 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 /.)