Bug#554790: grub-pc: store grub-pc/install_devices using by-id

Mon Feb 1 16:51:37 UTC 2010

Colin Watson wrote:
> UUIDs are properties of filesystems, not disks or partitions, and the
> MBR of a hard disk does not have a UUID. For disks, the choices for
> stable identifiers are based on either the hardware serial number or the
> bus path taken to reach the disk.

What about block device emulations, e.g. software RAIDs, LVM, etc?
Not to mention that GPT _does_ support UUIDs in the disk and
partition headers.

Just my $0.02. Regards

Harri

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