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Re: GRUB device names wrt. ieee1275
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Robert Millan |
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Re: GRUB device names wrt. ieee1275 |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:18:46 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 03:41:16PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Robert Millan <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:45:31 +0100
>
> > It's not an absolute must that device names are unique. You can still
> > identify partitions by their filesystem UUID or label, and in fact this
> > is what our default scripts (grub-mkconfig) do anyway.
>
> Things like UUID and labels are not an option for the 512-byte
> boot block where I have to know the exact OBP path of the boot
> device, and this is what the GRUB kernel fetches from the
> 'bootpath' environment variable to compose the root device
> and path.
What 512-byte boot block?
--
Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
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