update-grub help

[Goh Lip]

On 05/29/2010 06:27 AM, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Goh Lip<g.lip at gmx.com>  wrote:
>> On Fri, 28 May 2010 14:58:29 -0400
>> Tom H<tomh0665 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> If the "set root=(hdx,y)" is unreliable, then the "search ..." is
>>> unreliable too because it only sets a uuid to the first partition that
>>> it finds,
>>
>> "sets" means setting that partition as root, not setting the uuid and
>> therefore means setting the partition specified by that uuid.
>
> THANKS! :)
>
> I have been thinking for months that this is a really stupid line.
> I've even read the search help page a few times and until five minutes
> ago was misunderstanding it completely...
>
> I wish that "they" had made that line
> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root<uuid>
> for my benefit...
>
> It turns out that "root" is assumed and I somehow missed that fact
> every time that I read the search help page.
>
> Thanks again.
>

You're most welcome, Tom.

Regards - Goh Lip