From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JDppA-00089h-Rn for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:31:36 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JDpp8-00088p-DY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:31:34 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JDpp3-000876-M4 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:31:33 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JDpp3-00086y-BJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:31:29 -0500 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 1JDpp3-00059i-2v for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:31:29 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JDpmj-0002JG-UD for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:29:06 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JDpkC-0005Xc-Ad for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:26:28 +0100 Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:26:28 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080112232628.GA21256@thorin> References: <1200146498.2903.13.camel@sycorax> <20080112150447.GA412@thorin> <20080112151203.GA751@thorin> <1200173383.2930.14.camel@sycorax> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1200173383.2930.14.camel@sycorax> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: (still ?) root on LVM problems 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, 12 Jan 2008 23:31:34 -0000 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 I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)