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   root to Pascal Hambourg   
   Re: Grub problem   
   21 Aug 21 01:34:03   
   
   From: NoEMail@home.org   
      
   Pascal Hambourg  wrote:   
   > Le 20/08/2021 ?? 23:03, root a ??crit??:   
   >>   
   >> The bios reports drive numbers in the order of what we call   
   >> sda,sdb,sdc...   
   >   
   > No it doesn't, as shown below. When it does, it is just a coincidence.   
   >   
   >> I tried to add a drive map to grub but   
   >> it did not change the order.   
   >   
   > Of course not. The BIOS does not care about GRUB settings.   
   > If by "drive map" you mean /boot/grub/device.map, this is just a hint   
   > used by GRUB tools such as grub-mkconfig.   
   >   
   > Use UUIDs or LABELs instead of drive numbers or names.   
   >   
   >> The ordering is   
   >> hd0 sda   
   >> hd1 sdc   
   >> hd2 sdb   
   >   
   > You demonstrate that the BIOS drive order is not in the order of sda,   
   > sdb, sdc... (which is as unreliable as the BIOS drive order anyway)   
   >   
   >> It comes out this way even if I use the blockID   
   >   
   > What is the blockID ?   
      
   UUID   
      
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