Re: Partition labels in GRUB2 menu?

[Richard Owlett]

Simon Hobson wrote:
> Richard Owlett <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > There are three implied restrictions:
> >   1. the first OS listed on menu shall be the OS on /dev/sda1
>
> Can't help with the rest, but you can set the default entry by copying the 
> exact text of the menu entry (in your case, 'Label_sda1') and putting into the 
> default entry setting in /etc/default/grub.

Thanks for the try. I was already aware of that mechanism.

> Once you do that, as long as you don't make any changes that alter the menu 
> entry text, then the default will remain regardless of what OSs etc Gurb finds 
> during config build. I have several systems where the default is not the first 
> entry.

I have other constraints that give me exactly two choices:
   1. automate *everything*
   2. automate *nothing*

I have a manual system that is complete, correct, and (in a 
sense) elegant.
The three points I made in my post were a minimum specification 
of completeness and correctness - though quite inelegant.