From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MUJJ5-00054z-52 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:51:23 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUJJ3-00054W-HZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:51:21 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUJIx-00051e-4n for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:51:20 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=58398 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MUJIw-00051K-PW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:51:14 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.10]:50863) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MUJIw-0007lN-1k for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:51:14 -0400 Received: from [85.180.4.132] (e180004132.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.4.132]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrbap2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKt72-1MUJIu3lOe-0009PT; Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:51:13 +0200 From: Felix Zielcke To: The development of GRUB 2 Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:52:00 +0200 Message-Id: <1248436320.3510.22.camel@fz.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.27.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+79NM06S9/fDVBTiFMEjwLyRXzGx8Qx45xoe9 V3rtZJoT3Qccf3TJVCH65kXdKnNtJbw9p1gXMxc7WrX34zFCyA SxzqouJgM/5OT5VmyscTitinSGieVLr X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: [Fwd: Bug#532202: grub-pc: behaves strange in virtualbox with a disk > 2 TB] X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:51:22 -0000 Seems like 64bit filesystem/disk support isn't that well tested (Ok doestn't surprise me who has a > 2 Tib disk :)) -------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- > Von: Marc Haber > Reply-to: Marc Haber , > 532202@bugs.debian.org > An: Debian Bug Tracking System > Betreff: Bug#532202: grub-pc: behaves strange in virtualbox with a > disk > 2 TB > Datum: Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:51:23 +0200 > > Package: grub-pc > Version: 1.96+20090603-1 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > I am trying to use grub2 to loopback boot an grml .iso file which is > stored on a 1000 cylinder partition on a 4 TB hard disk in virtualbox. > my grub configuration is the second one visible in > http://blog.zugschlus.de/archives/825-grml-als-eigenes-Rescuesystem.html. > > This fails in two "interesting" ways: > > When I simply hit enter on the grub menu, I get "you need to load the > kernel first", and when I hit "e" afterwards, I only see the "loopback > oop (hd0,1)/grml/grml-small_2009.05.iso" line, neither the linux nor > the initrd line. > > When I directly go into "e" before actually trying to boot, I see the > full configuration, and Ctrl-X gets me to an "invalid magic number" > error message. > > When I try the same (identically configured grub2 on a 1000 cylinder > partition) on a 1 TB hard disk, everything is just fine. > > I do not know whether this is an issue with the virtualbox "BIOS" or > with grub2, and I do not have any real hardware with a disk that big, > but grub 2's behavior depending on whether I try to boot straight or > try to edit things first is interesting. > > The virtual hard disk .vdi file which can be used to reproduce this > with virtualbox-ose 2.2.4 from Unstable is 1.2 G uncompressed and 92 M > bz2 compressed, so it would be possible to upload the compressed image > to some server if you want to see it yourself. > > Greetings > Marc > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: i386 (i686) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.29.4-zgsrv20080 (SMP w/1 CPU core; PREEMPT) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > > > _______________________________________________ > Pkg-grub-devel mailing list > Pkg-grub-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-grub-devel -- Felix Zielcke