Hi, I'm in the process of enabling UUID support in GRUB. This basically means two different things:
1- GRUB should use UUIDs internally to identify the devices it needs to access (for example, which device contains your /boot), regardless of how BIOS assigns numbers. 2- update-grub should automatically detect the UUID of your root filesystem and tell Linux about it via "root=UUID=xxx" parameter. Latest grub2 in unstable (1.96+20080601-1) is already doing #1 (to some extent) and #2 (although #2 can be disabled). #1 I don't expect to see in grub legacy; but #2 is trivial to implement. My plan is to use grub2 as a testbed for this feature, and if no problem arises add it to grub legacy as well. I'd like to receive some feedback on: - Whether current use of UUIDs in GRUB 2 is working for you (specially those of you with weird setups). - Whether it would be preferable to wait untill beta2 is out to allow this change to migrate to testing. - If you know of any reason why enabling this would generate trouble. Thanks -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What good is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]