From: Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
To: The development of GRUB 2 <grub-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: (still ?) root on LVM problems
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:26:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080112232628.GA21256@thorin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1200173383.2930.14.camel@sycorax>
On Sat, Jan 12, 2008 at 10:29:43PM +0100, Jean-Christophe Haessig wrote:
> Le samedi 12 janvier 2008 à 16:12 +0100, Robert Millan a écrit :
>
> > Try latest CVS.
>
> Done, but no success.
>
> > You'll still have to add "pc" (or "gpt") module manually (--modules parameter).
>
> These modules are for grub itself, right ? My problems seem to be
> caused by the installer. I can boot my system from a GRUB floppy
> by issuing the correct commands.
> When I try to install GRUB on the hard disk, the installer writes in the
> MBR (first block), the second block, and a number of subsequent blocks
> (this seems to be the grub image). The LVM metadata is overwritten by
> this. Isn't the installer supposed to detect where it can safely write ?
Try re-running grub-setup with verbose flag on, and see what it prints.
--
Robert Millan
<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-12 23:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-12 14:01 (still ?) root on LVM problems Jean-Christophe Haessig
2008-01-12 15:04 ` Robert Millan
2008-01-12 15:12 ` Robert Millan
2008-01-12 21:29 ` Jean-Christophe Haessig
2008-01-12 23:26 ` Robert Millan [this message]
2008-01-13 0:12 ` Jean-Christophe Haessig
2008-01-13 10:57 ` Robert Millan
2008-01-13 12:12 ` Jean-Christophe Haessig
2008-01-13 13:52 ` Robert Millan
2008-01-13 20:09 ` Jean-Christophe Haessig
2008-01-13 21:29 ` Jean-Christophe Haessig
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