Grub2 use user friendly(er) names

[Goh Lip]

On 05/13/2011 04:27 AM, FireSam wrote:
> I am sorry for  not being clear.
> I want it to work exactly like it does. I want to ADD that in the menu
> list it calls it by the label name but uses the uuid to select. In other
> words I want it to list it as "linux xx generic etc.. on LABEL  (sdd3)"
> adding the label for user frienliness. I have a few installations bec i
> sometimes use a 32 bit laptop and some times use 64-bit and i have a
> more stable install and one where i experiment. I use different external
> drives so sometimes sdd is sdb and sda etc..
>

You can manually add the entries in the 40_custom and rename the entry 
menu to whatever suits you - ie, include your label name.
This might help. (yes, might; typical english understatement)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275

Regards - Goh Lip