Re: [patch] grub incorrectly identifies ext3 as fat

[Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>]

On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 08:15:56PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 02:43:19PM -0400, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> > > Or we can attempt to read a given file when we expect it's there.  For
> > > example, if we're looking for /boot/grub/, we can tell "/boot/grub" to the
> > > filesystem layer, so that it will require it as a precondition.
> > 
> > I can see that that would work will for some use cases...
> 
> Most importantly, it's a net win.  If we know a file is there, there's no
> harm in requiring that the filesystem driver is capable of reading it.
> 
> It's a pity, because we already had this check, and we were forced to
> disable it.  Would you like to help us restore it?  I can give more details.

Btw, the grub-probe check has just been reenabled in our experimental
branch (see http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-2-download.en.html).

Perhaps you could test it and report if it fixes your problem?

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