From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Mrr9z-0005dG-Kg for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:39:19 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mrr9y-0005ce-1S for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:39:18 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mrr9t-0005aq-6K for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:39:17 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=55716 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mrr9s-0005am-Qz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:39:12 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.186]:54563) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mrr9s-0005Uc-7z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:39:12 -0400 Received: from [85.180.3.117] (e180003117.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.3.117]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MQat7-1Mx3oI0bzJ-00Tyt9; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:39:11 +0200 From: Felix Zielcke To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <4ABE7E32.70604@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> References: <4AB65A8C.9020809@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4AB8E0DE.4040908@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4AB8EA28.5010209@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4AB90A90.7000703@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <1253641375.2840.32.camel@fz.local> <4AB90F3F.7020904@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4AB92F99.3020302@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4ABBBC1B.7020102@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4ABE0A5A.7020709@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <4ABE245E.5030909@gmail.com> <4ABE71A6.6000707@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> <1253995266.4058.6.camel@fz.local> <4ABE7E32.70604@zbh.uni-hamburg.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:39:10 +0200 Message-Id: <1254047950.2872.1.camel@fz.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.28.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/lmuer0KUnVIic2NVFA3lhzIhbfeJ7kSVRV5o WNH62GzI8W7kG728OK4Jjs34pwmwzU8PROszW1G+OXe0tIRUhJ DR0Ud5ByCNE9i1WdcZU6Q== X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:39:18 -0000 Am Samstag, den 26.09.2009, 22:48 +0200 schrieb Stefan Bienert: > And another "Hi", > > update: Using '--file' in the search did the trick! I really start > loving Grub2: Really faster booting, seems to be easy to configure... > > >>>> 2 days of booting with grub2 in EFI mode and still happy... > >>>> > >>>> Now I have several further questions: > >>>> > >>>> - Depending on whether an USB disk is connected, or not, the hd numbers > >>>> change. Is there a setup to avoid changing the numbers in the entries on > >>>> boot? > >>>> > >>> Use UUIDs > >> What is that? > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID > > You know, you make feeling me like a noob again. > > >> Where do I get it from? > > > > grub-probe -t fs_uuid / > > or grub-probe -t fs_uuid -d /dev/sda1 > > > >> How do I incorporate this into > >> grub.cg? > > > search --set --fs-uuid abc-123... > > Just for the sake of completion: abc-123.../path/to/kernel? No. If you use --fs-uuid instead of --file then you use the UUID. I thought it would be clear, to just use the UUID value grub-probe tells you. Without any path appended to it. > I prefer using the search for a file, since I may switch disks without > resetting the uuid. If the file you use for the search command only exists once in your system then it's fine. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer