grub-probefs

grub-probefs

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

I have implemented grub-probefs which probes a filesystem module right now. If 
you have a PC, please test it. Running it has no harm.

Okuji

Re: grub-probefs

[Vladimir Serbinenko]

Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote:

>I have implemented grub-probefs which probes a filesystem module right now. If 
>you have a PC, please test it. Running it has no harm.
>
>Okuji
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I tested it. As I understand the syntax is

./grub-probefs -m <device map> <GRUB file>

I have my GRUB floppy image mounted on ../../mnt (from current path)
I tried:

$ ./grub-probefs -m ./device.map \(fd0\)/boot/grub/core.img
grub-probefs: error: Cannot stat `(fd0)/boot/grub/core.img'

And also:

./grub-probefs -m ./device.map ../../mnt/boot/grub/core.img
cannot find a GRUB device for ../../mnt/boot/grub/core.img.

my device.map:

(fd0) /home/vova/grub/grub.img

my /etc/fstab:

....
/home/vova/grub/grub.img /home/vova/grub/mnt auto
umask=0,user,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec,users,loop 0 0
....

                                                                        
                                          Vladimir

Re: grub-probefs

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

On Tuesday 02 August 2005 14:38, Vladimir Serbinenko wrote:
> I tested it. As I understand the syntax is
>
> ./grub-probefs -m <device map> <GRUB file>

The argument can be a file or a directory.

> I have my GRUB floppy image mounted on ../../mnt (from current path)
> I tried:
>
> $ ./grub-probefs -m ./device.map \(fd0\)/boot/grub/core.img
> grub-probefs: error: Cannot stat `(fd0)/boot/grub/core.img'
>
> And also:
>
> ./grub-probefs -m ./device.map ../../mnt/boot/grub/core.img
> cannot find a GRUB device for ../../mnt/boot/grub/core.img.
>
> my device.map:
>
> (fd0) /home/vova/grub/grub.img
>
> my /etc/fstab:
>
> ....
> /home/vova/grub/grub.img /home/vova/grub/mnt auto
> umask=0,user,iocharset=utf8,noauto,exec,users,loop 0 0
> ....

Currently, it does not work with loopback. I know this problem but I don't 
intend to fix it at the moment. This is the same problem as grub-setup cannot 
guess a root device automatically with loopback.

Okuji