Reliable device identification in GRUB
Registered by
Robbie Williamson
Make GRUB 2's device identification reliable, so that we stop having to deal with boot loader problems when there are multiple disks.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Robbie Williamson
- Priority:
- High
- Drafter:
- Colin Watson
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Colin Watson
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for lucid
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- lucid-alpha-3
- Started by
- Colin Watson
- Completed by
- Colin Watson
Related branches
Whiteboard
Work items:
Ensure that the GRUB utilities stop relying on /boot/grub/
Store /dev/disk/by-id/ names in grub-pc/
Display friendly names when asking grub-pc/
On upgrade to first version implementing this, ask again: DONE
If grub-pc/
Make grub-installer translate to /dev/disk/by-id/ when preseeding grub-pc/
(?)