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bug #31647: Option to use labels instead of uuid's in Linux grub.cfg

Submitter:  Barry Jackson <barjac>
Submitted:  Sat 13 Nov 2010 09:12:58 PM UTC
Votes: 131
 
Category:  Disk & Partition Severity:  Major
Priority:  3 - Low Item Group:  None
Status:  None Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name:  Barry Jackson
Open/Closed:  Open Release:  Bazaar - trunk
Release:  Reproducibility:  None
Planned Release:  2.03+

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Wed 03 Sep 2014 09:55:57 AM UTC, comment #7: 

Hi,

I too would like to have a supported way to generate a grub.cfg with LABEL= instead of UUID=

I am using 2.02~beta2 and this does not seems to be possible yet.

My use case is: prepare a baseline bootable system on a USB drive, make an image of it with dd, write that image with dd to several other USB disks.

The attached patches seem to be a good starting point as they do not change the default behavior, unlike #38366.

If the grub developers at least acknowledge the usefulness of the feature, then some of us may be willing to spend some more time on working out the details of the implementation.

Thanks,
   Antonio

Antonio Ospite <ao2>
Sun 30 Jun 2013 05:44:13 AM UTC, comment #6: 

Another attempt to fix this bug: https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38366

 <kernc>
Thu 24 May 2012 01:07:24 AM UTC, comment #5: 

There's a use case for this that makes me want it too: backup.

If I periodically clone my HDD to an external one, I'd like to be able to swap them when the internal one fails, like described here: <http://www.jwz.org/blog/2007/09/psa-backups/>. However, with UUIDs in the bootloader I can't do this. With labels I would be able to.

Ian Dalton <iaindalton>
Thu 29 Sep 2011 08:58:51 AM UTC, comment #4: 

It changes from UUIDs to LABELs in several, unrelated modules which should be configurable separately.

Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder>
Group administrator
Tue 16 Aug 2011 05:09:10 PM UTC, comment #3: 

I'm not sure I follow.
Without GRUB_USE_LABEL set "true" it changes nothing.

Are you saying it breaks something un-related ?
If so then could you please explain as I would like to try to correct it.

Otherwise, could you please add a similar feature to grub2 ?

I have used this for about 12 months now with no issues and prefer labels for many reasons.

Barry Jackson <barjac>
Tue 16 Aug 2011 03:22:25 PM UTC, comment #2: 

This patch isn't appropriate since it changes behaviour of several unrelated parts with a single option.

Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder>
Group administrator
Wed 15 Jun 2011 11:15:28 AM UTC, comment #1: 

I have attached an updated patch for 1.99 release version, in the hope that this may at least be reviewed.

Barry Jackson <barjac>
Sat 13 Nov 2010 09:12:58 PM UTC, original submission:  

It would be good in Linux to be able to specify that grub use labels rather than UUID's in grub.cfg, if the user specifies GRUB_USE_LABEL=true in /etc/default/grub.

I have attached patches for grub-mkconfig.in, grub-mkconfig_lib.in and 10_linux.in that achieve this in my system. (rev 2937).

Whilst my patches may have deficiencies and possibly overlook many scenarios that I do not understand, I feel that the principle illustrated is one that is desirable and should be fully developed.

Thanks for your time.

Regards,
Barry Jackson (barjac)

Barry Jackson <barjac>

 

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Attached Files
file #23526:  grub2_labels.patch added by barjac (2KiB - application/octet-stream - Patch updated for 1.99 release version - works for me.)
file #22009:  grub-mkconfig.in.patch added by barjac (801B - application/octet-stream - Patches)
file #22010:  10_linux.in.patch added by barjac (521B - application/octet-stream - Patches)
file #22011:  grub-mkconfig_lib.patch added by barjac (771B - application/octet-stream - Patches)

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
    2016-03-02 phcoder Planned ReleaseNone 2.03+
    2013-07-01 jpt Carbon-Copy- Added jpt
    2013-06-30 mrmazda Carbon-Copy- Added mrmazda
    2013-06-30 kernc Carbon-Copy- Added kernc
    2012-05-24 iaindalton Carbon-Copy- Added iaindalton
    2011-06-15 barjac Attached File- Added grub2_labels.patch, #23526
    2011-05-01 rduke15 Carbon-Copy- Added rduke15
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    2010-11-13 phcoder Priority5 - Normal 3 - Low
    2010-11-13 barjac Attached File- Added grub-mkconfig.in.patch, #22009
        Attached File- Added 10_linux.in.patch, #22010
        Attached File- Added grub-mkconfig_lib.patch, #22011

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