Bug#530357: Info received (grub-pc: with dedicate /boot filesystem, search line uses / uuid instead of /boot uuid)

[Arthur Marsh]

Felix Zielcke wrote, on 26/05/09 15:58:
> Am Dienstag, den 26.05.2009, 15:48 +0930 schrieb Arthur Marsh:
>> OK, I clarified the problem. With either the UUID of the / filesystem or 
>> the /boot filesystem in the /boot/grub/grub.cfg search line:
>>
>> ie either:
>>
>> search --fs-uuid --set bfdeb6d6-0b77-4beb-a63d-bdc3e455b8ea
>>
>> or:
>>
>> search --fs-uuid --set 96c96a61-8615-4715-86d0-09cb8c62638c
>>
>> I get:
>>
>> error: no such device bfdeb6d6-0b77-4beb-a63d-bdc3e455b8ea
>>
>> or:
>>
>> error: no such device 96c96a61-8615-4715-86d0-09cb8c62638c
>>
>> By removing the "search --fs-uuid --set ...." line entirely I can boot 
>> successfully.
>>
> 
> Does `grub-probe -t fs_uuid /boot' work?

grub-probe -t fs_uuid /boot
bfdeb6d6-0b77-4beb-a63d-bdc3e455b8ea


> And you could try the search line in grub-emu

sh:grub> search --fs-uuid --set bfdeb6d6-0b77-4beb-a63d-bdc3e455b8ea
sh:grub> search --fs-uuid --set 96c96a61-8615-4715-86d0-09cb8c62638c
sh:grub>

> oh and `ls (hd0,1)' in real grub, it should show the UUID too.

ls (hd0,1) Partition hd0,1: Filesystem type ext2, last moditication time 
2009-05-26 06:42:50 UUID bfdeb6d6-0b77-4beb-a63d-bdc3e455b8ea

Regards,

Arthur.