UUID support during boot
Hi,
Vladimir Serbinenko made this small patch that would, in principle, enable
UUID-based device location when booting GNU/kFreeBSD from GRUB.
It can be applied directly to /etc/grub.d/10_kfreebsd. Please could someone
confirm that it works? If it does we'll merge it in GRUB trunk repository.
Using UUIDs for device location is quite important, because it resolves
problems with device nodes changing their names (e.g. if disks are moved,
or the setup used during install differs from the one used in installed
system).
--
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
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
=== added file 'ChangeLog.fbsduuid'
--- ChangeLog.fbsduuid 1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ ChangeLog.fbsduuid 2009-11-21 20:02:05 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+2009-11-21 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+ * util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in (kfreebsd_entry): Use UUID.
=== modified file 'util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in'
--- util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in 2009-11-20 08:41:20 +0000
+++ util/grub.d/10_kfreebsd.in 2009-11-21 20:02:05 +0000
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ EOF
fi
cat << EOF
- set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom=${kfreebsd_fs}:${GRUB_DEVICE}
+ set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom=${kfreebsd_fs}:${kfreebsd_fs}id/${GRUB_DEVICE_UUID}
set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw
}
EOF
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