grub and root=label=

[Greg White]

Hi,
 
I was wondering if support for root=label= is coming to grub anytime soon?  I 
found someone who wrote a patch that did this back in 2004 
(http://osdir.com/ml/boot-loaders.grub.bugs/2004-02/msg00105.html).  I really 
need a way to do root=label WITHOUT an initrd.  I have a portable USB hard 
drive that I boot on a variety of systems.  Sometimes root is sda, sometimes 
sdb, or even sdf.  Manually editing the root=line takes time, and more time is 
spent on figuring out where root is.  I am using grub 0.97 and would be willing 
to switch to grub 2 if it will help me.  I did try root=LABEL=WD320G in my 
menu.lst and it didn't work, (I checked the label of the hard drive it is 
WD320G).
 
Thanks,
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