Re: Using label for Grub root (*not* os root)

[Roger Binns]

adrian15 wrote:
> > You may be interested on borrowing the findf command from Super Grub
> > Disk source (check dev_grub/stage2/builtins.c (
> > http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org).

I didn't actually want to use a different (although enhanced) bootloader
 :-)   And I'd much rather use labels than sentinel files.

> > If you even send me documentation on where the hell are these LABELS
> > stored I may (very unprobable) be able to implement that functionality
> > on grub legacy.

If your patches will end up in the main grub legacy code so that my
distro of choice (Gentoo) will end up picking them up then I'll gladly
do the research about how to find them.  I already did it this weekend
for swap partitions.

This is going to be a big deal for Linux real soon.  The pata drivers
are now all handled by the scsi subsystem which just numbers disks in
the order it finds them.  Actually trying to work out what a partition
will be named (sd?, hd?) in advance is a royal pain.

Roger