Comment 6 for bug 499483

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Felix Zielcke (fzielcke) wrote : Re: [Bug 499483] Re: /etc/default/grub cannot disable use of UUID

Am Sonntag, den 17.01.2010, 16:26 +0000 schrieb Leppie:
> On some systems removing the search statement altogether makes the boot process much slower.
> Is it possible to use it with the conventional /dev/sXX references at all, or can it only search using uuid?
>

GRUB can't know how the later booted kernel and udev names the /dev/
files for your disks.
It can only use UUIDs LABEL and a file on the filesystem which the
search command already supports.

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Felix Zielcke
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