From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1HpQsh-0000XJ-Ma for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 May 2007 11:30:07 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HpQsf-0000WR-5U for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 May 2007 11:30:05 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HpQsd-0000V4-3i for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 May 2007 11:30:04 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HpQsd-0000V0-0B for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 May 2007 11:30:03 -0400 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HpQsc-0007eQ-Kr for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 19 May 2007 11:30:02 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=aragorn) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HpQsa-0001JE-IU; Sat, 19 May 2007 17:30:01 +0200 Received: from rmh by aragorn with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HpQuZ-0007lP-Tu; Sat, 19 May 2007 17:32:03 +0200 Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 17:32:03 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: Sam Morris Message-ID: <20070519153203.GA29790@aragorn> References: <1179054146.4014.9.camel@xerces> <20070513164407.GA11143@aragorn> <20070518065137.GA2485@aragorn> <1179535793.4466.3.camel@xerces> <20070519093336.GA19265@aragorn> <1179575266.4466.5.camel@xerces> <20070519121051.GA7186@aragorn> <1179580232.4542.8.camel@xerces> <20070519140848.GA27345@aragorn> <1179585253.4270.1.camel@xerces> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1179585253.4270.1.camel@xerces> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Microsoft discourages use of Outlook. X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. Cc: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: fallback for "grub-probe -t partmap" failures 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: Sat, 19 May 2007 15:30:05 -0000 (please keep CC to upsteam..) So, do we put this in upstream grub CVS, or do we hold it off untill a better fix is available ? On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 03:34:13PM +0100, Sam Morris wrote: > On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 16:08 +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:10:32PM +0100, Sam Morris wrote: > > > > > > Ok, here are the results. > > > > > > 'grub-mkimage --output=/boot/grub/core.img ext2 pc gpt _chain' crashes > > > at the menu > > > > But raid is missing here. Does "ext2 pc gpt raid _chain" work? (at least, > > to get to the rescue console) > > Yes, this works fine too. > > > There are two separate problems here. I can't comment on the LBA addressing > > issue, but if we can isolate the partmap detection one, then at least we can > > "fix" [1] this (which is what affects the majority of users). > > > > [1] With a kludge that loads "pc gpt" when partmap cannot be detected. Not sure > > if this is suitable for official grub, but at least we would enable it in > > Debian. > > Sounds good to me! > > -- > Sam Morris > http://robots.org.uk/ > > PGP key id 1024D/5EA01078 > 3412 EA18 1277 354B 991B C869 B219 7FDB 5EA0 1078 -- Robert Millan My spam trap is honeypot@aybabtu.com. Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list.