From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1Rvd13-0003QQ-Md for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:03:01 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35262) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvd11-0003QE-AU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:03:00 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvd0y-0003SC-RK for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:59 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com ([209.85.212.169]:38977) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Rvd0y-0003S2-N1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:56 -0500 Received: by wibhj13 with SMTP id hj13so2043288wib.0 for ; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:55 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=gdFN9/5Ey1+fLVjKqll2/gnrTWN3SLIM1akwD7WInP8=; b=u6/w0sqYgDYcLW8LwUwPuYPqOn3acOfhgBIOt+NyUiSqeFdIjdjCVFygs4YYuEWMN3 BICFOmdiX5g28mWtZRcn3SfX0vQYV0hm1cCuBUEb5vVbP+j8gxE4PX6fYQBAdsf++vRb qzgEvOTv0Wb5NVb7mYLfD8/+OkD177j71TAHQ= Received: by 10.180.78.6 with SMTP id x6mr35454003wiw.18.1328828575882; Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (227-101.62-81.cust.bluewin.ch. [81.62.101.227]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ec3sm2538595wib.1.2012.02.09.15.02.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F34509C.5050005@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:02:52 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20120104 Icedove/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB Subject: Re: Various build failures in current bzr tree References: <20120209190204.GW27742@caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20120209193301.GX27742@caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20120209205045.GY27742@caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20120209205603.GZ27742@caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> In-Reply-To: <20120209205603.GZ27742@caffeine.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.212.169 Cc: Lennart Sorensen X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:03:00 -0000 On 09.02.2012 21:56, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 03:50:45PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: >> grub-install also still (as reported about 2 years ago) tries to use >> $grub_device rather than $install_device when getting the partition >> table type. >> >> However, I did now manage to boot after fixing that. >> >> So there is a chance I can make a patch to fix grub-install soon so it >> actually works on IBM power systems. Given I have a production machine >> and a new machine around for a few days I can experiment until it >> is right. > Is this supposed to work: > > root@rceng03new:~# /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device /dev/md0 --target=abstraction > diskfilter mdraid1x > root@rceng03new:~# /usr/sbin/grub-probe --device /dev/md1 --target=abstraction > /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: Couldn't find PV (null). Check your device.map. > > md0 is raid1, md1 is raid5, but with a missing device at the moment. > > Does grub-probe not work if the raid5 isn't fully healthy? > The problem is how to figure out which partmap module is used on the missing disk (which isn't necessarily the same as on the other disks). Do you have any ideas? -- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko