On 11/07/2015 04:22 PM, don fisher wrote:
How do you get the UUID?
I'm not going to anwer your question even though there is an answer to the one you've asked. You are assuming that grub2 needs a UUDi and ONLY a UUID. Well it doesn't, you can boot "by label" rather than "by uuid". For example, in my grub2/grub/cfg I have linux /vmlinuz-4.3.0-1.g7b374a4-default root=/dev/mapper/vgmain-vROOT resume=/dev/disk/by-label/SWAP splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a "Mapper"? Well I'm using LVM :-) but as it happens the label of vgmain-vROOT is "ROOT132" So that could be root=/dev/disk/by-label/ROOT132 Yes, Linux file systems can be labelled. Its not just DOS ones :-) I find that labelling my disks/partitions makes life easier. Especially when I have what amounts to many copies of the same thing. Many users have multi-boot system but I also have different "/home". Under DOS the labels are "hidden file names". Its a shame that the mechanisms for Linux isn't similar so we could have 256 character labels :-) More detail than you need https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-modify-partition-labels-command-to-change... Well ok, theres this as well reiserfstune -l LABEL Perhaps more interesting http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/14165/list-partition-labels-from-the... -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org