[plug] grub2 and the mystery of the moving hard drives

[Robert Parker]

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Brad Campbell <brad at fnarfbargle.com> wrote:

> On 24/04/12 18:37, wolfbite wrote:
>
>> HATE UUID (but can understand why for big servers and corporations
>>
>> small servers & users, use LABELS sooooo much easier and dont have to
>> worry about order.
>>
>> quick google
>> http://www.linuxquestions.org/**questions/linux-software-2/**
>> using-labels-in-grub2-how-**819474/<http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/using-labels-in-grub2-how-819474/>
>>
>
> Yes but.. that does not address the problem I was solving unless I've
> missed the part where it compiles a label search into the Grub2 Stage 1.5/2
> and has it search for the label for grub root.
>
> I just see where it issues set root='(hd0,1)', which is useless when your
> bios drive order moves around (and why I solved it the way I did).
>
> Happy to be re-educated though.
>
> Personally I use UUID over labels as when swapping drives around different
> machines there is just no way to get things mixed up.
>
> That and it means I don't have to think about what to call the drive.


Agreed. I had a tech replace a power supply on my behalf a few months ago.
When he reconnected the drives he swapped sda/sdb. The system just went
right on working including my Win partition now booting on sdb1.

grub is just smart enough to sort it all out via UUID.

bob

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