Good idea because UUID aren't easy to read and the order of the disks 
hd(0,1)/(1,1) or sda/sdb can be sorted differently by the system when an 
USB Key is plugged.

Le 03/11/2010 00:57, Barry Jackson a écrit :
> Hello,
>
> I spoke to Colin Watson on IRC recently and asked if the use of labels 
> could be made an option in grub2 in the future.
>
> He suggested I mention it on this list.
>
> In the meantime I have made some patches to demonstrate this idea in 
> grub 1.98 which I have attached.
>
> They work fine for me, with GRUB_USE_LABEL="true" set in 
> /etc/default/grub in my Mandriva-Linux systems.
>
> A grub.cfg produced with a patched grub2 is attached also.
>
> I am not a professional programmer, so I would appreciate any 
> constructive criticism, and your comments in general on this idea.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barry Jackson
>
>
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