get partition by name

get partition by name

[Michael Zimmermann]

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Hi,

currently GRUB allows selecting partitions by the partition number only -
like (hd0,11).
Sometimes - especially for embedded systems it would be useful to be able
to select them by the name define in the partition table. like: (hd0,boot)
or (hd0,rootfs).

Are they any plans(or existing features which I missed) for this?

Regards
Michael

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Re: get partition by name

[Colin Watson]

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:25:51AM +0200, Michael Zimmermann wrote:
> currently GRUB allows selecting partitions by the partition number only -
> like (hd0,11).
> Sometimes - especially for embedded systems it would be useful to be able
> to select them by the name define in the partition table. like: (hd0,boot)
> or (hd0,rootfs).
> 
> Are they any plans(or existing features which I missed) for this?

Use the "search" command.

  https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#search

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@ubuntu.com]

Re: get partition by name

[Michael Zimmermann]

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as it seems this commands looks for some filesystem specific label only.
What I need is the partition name set in the GPT/MBR partition table.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:25:51AM +0200, Michael Zimmermann wrote:
> > currently GRUB allows selecting partitions by the partition number only -
> > like (hd0,11).
> > Sometimes - especially for embedded systems it would be useful to be able
> > to select them by the name define in the partition table. like:
> (hd0,boot)
> > or (hd0,rootfs).
> >
> > Are they any plans(or existing features which I missed) for this?
>
> Use the "search" command.
>
>   https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#search
>
> --
> Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@ubuntu.com]
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Re: get partition by name

[Andrei Borzenkov]

В Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:20:07 +0200
Michael Zimmermann <sigmaepsilon92@gmail.com> пишет:

> as it seems this commands looks for some filesystem specific label only.
> What I need is the partition name set in the GPT/MBR partition table.

Please explain where name is set in MBR partition table.

> 
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 1:04 PM, Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 10:25:51AM +0200, Michael Zimmermann wrote:
> > > currently GRUB allows selecting partitions by the partition number only -
> > > like (hd0,11).
> > > Sometimes - especially for embedded systems it would be useful to be able
> > > to select them by the name define in the partition table. like:
> > (hd0,boot)
> > > or (hd0,rootfs).
> > >
> > > Are they any plans(or existing features which I missed) for this?
> >
> > Use the "search" command.
> >
> >   https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#search
> >
> > --
> > Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson@ubuntu.com]
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Grub-devel mailing list
> > Grub-devel@gnu.org
> > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
> >