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

[Harald Dunkel]

Colin Watson wrote:
> UUIDs are properties of filesystems, not disks or partitions, and the
> MBR of a hard disk does not have a UUID.

Since MSDOS partitions are limited to 2TByte partitions anyway, it
might be wise to look at alternatives, e.g. GPT. GPT _does_ provide
a UUID in the disk header _and_ in the header of each partition.

Wikipedia provides an excellent overview:

	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table

> 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?


Just my $0.02. Regards

Harri

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