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Re: [PATCH] UUID support


From: Robert Millan
Subject: Re: [PATCH] UUID support
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:17:09 +0200
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11)

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:50:42AM +0800, Bean wrote:
> 
> BTW, I think we can embed the UUID of the root device in
> core.img/grub.elf, so that when the traditional root device fails to
> locate normal.mod, it uses the UUID to scan for root device.

Good idea.  But I'd check for UUID first.  When you find a UUID match, it's
much more reliable than a filename one.

-- 
Robert Millan

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