Package: grub-common Version: 1.98~20100115-1 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch
Patch for /etc/grub.d/10_linux, so you can use LABEL beside UUID and devices. Activation in /etc/default/grub with: GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true GRUB_ENABLE_LINUX_LABEL=true Thanks christian -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages grub-common depends on: ii base-files 5.0.0 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii dpkg 1.15.5.6 Debian package management system ii gettext-base 0.17-8 GNU Internationalization utilities ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfreetype6 2.3.11-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages grub-common recommends: pn os-prober <none> (no description available) Versions of packages grub-common suggests: pn grub-emu <none> (no description available) pn multiboot-doc <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information
--- 10_linux_0c 2010-01-15 23:34:32.000000000 +0100 +++ 10_linux 2010-01-26 07:57:13.000000000 +0100 @@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ || ! test -e "/dev/disk/by-uuid/${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}" \ || [ "`grub-probe -t abstraction --device ${GRUB_DEVICE} | sed -e 's,.*\(lvm\).*,\1,'`" = "lvm" ] ; then LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=${GRUB_DEVICE} + GRUB_DEVICE_LABEL="$(blkid -l -t UUID=${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID} -s LABEL -o value)" + if [ "x${GRUB_ENABLE_LINUX_LABEL}" = "xtrue" ] \ + && test -e "/dev/disk/by-label/${GRUB_DEVICE_LABEL}" ; then + LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=LABEL=${GRUB_DEVICE_LABEL} + fi else LINUX_ROOT_DEVICE=UUID=${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID} fi