Re: Macbook, Efi, Display mode

[Felix Zielcke]

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.




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Felix Zielcke
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