From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1PDxFf-0004j1-4v for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:41:03 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37835 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PDxFb-0004ep-8n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:41:01 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PDxFZ-00060N-4Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:40:59 -0400 Received: from mail-ww0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:63913) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PDxFZ-000604-0G for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:40:57 -0400 Received: by wwe15 with SMTP id 15so1904097wwe.30 for ; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:40:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type; bh=m1DILMTv4x8CnlEbEF6OJW8Sz7bcU4Sokr4KEDXKZw4=; b=tY9RbfZGb1V+PMyFAQjhvtRp5Fle6GdCQg8MA1MokzRC/5RUnDcUxGEx/vhz7CV4jl iTlv77VwNz2Hz4Hg7oS53bcP+ZdxlHouoaP5oHew6qZ2KeAyIM3x75nBU+driSvCEDqc IB5WVnjUXPZdQLGICWOEGjXSgy8rwzlkH+/Qw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; b=KwkZ0BJRdLeL0LhYOhuLXiIGbtNn1rX6Ik5Z11gTD/6gCbpW0OVft3DGvOV43mtwhn aTYvzsRxkdpwiPHYDN/FZZPuZ81rj+Xf5ca28LtFRYt4q3VIdOAo03/4W8c8CRXboQ3R Txc5W9iznFRX8GBEfu+Ul0GFmtN9Boz/vznDU= Received: by 10.216.154.193 with SMTP id h43mr1716697wek.69.1288867255330; Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:40:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.20] (cho49-1-89-90-10-184.dsl.club-internet.fr [89.90.10.184]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id x15sm6317163weq.31.2010.11.04.03.40.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 04 Nov 2010 03:40:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4CD28DB4.9050801@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:40:52 +0100 From: Frombenny User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; fr-FR; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <4CD0A554.5060404@zen.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4CD0A554.5060404@zen.co.uk> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------060404090700070401060400" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: Labels in grub2 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 10:41:01 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------060404090700070401060400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel --------------060404090700070401060400 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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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