From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1S0RTZ-0002ys-L7 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:44:21 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51708) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S0RTW-0002tb-EW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:44:19 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S0RTU-0000Oc-Up for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:44:18 -0500 Received: from mail-ee0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:56835) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S0RTU-0000OK-NM for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:44:16 -0500 Received: by eekc13 with SMTP id c13so319177eek.0 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:44:15 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of phcoder@gmail.com designates 10.14.37.69 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.14.37.69; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of phcoder@gmail.com designates 10.14.37.69 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=phcoder@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=phcoder@gmail.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.14.37.69]) by 10.14.37.69 with SMTP id x45mr213055eea.43.1329975855781 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:44:15 -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:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=01b4NLzykCLQF0lb9LCkqzjYEN6UtD5qhj/GQl4iy0w=; b=xnQ47io6DtBVIK/sqUsVWAXyinRUSeK7MGAHFC1c88/blwigxpoZn2lKq+pLkc3ntV Hqwn/dR9gfQGsdyJKgT3SU6dwfbAG1doSJ0JrdCQkB5OFs5Q+hwc4kYxFoRKhpvCe5e9 zUjE5JYZ/vhPjW2haxJRkCyoBlpl9UXdUN3Io= Received: by 10.14.37.69 with SMTP id x45mr163506eea.43.1329975855674; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:44:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from debian.x201.phnet (1-234.197-178.cust.bluewin.ch. [178.197.234.1]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id n56sm1351179eeh.6.2012.02.22.21.44.13 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:44:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4F45D228.5030409@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:44:08 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:8.0) Gecko/20120216 Icedove/8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: grub legacy to grub2 upgrade path References: In-Reply-To: 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: 74.125.83.41 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, 23 Feb 2012 05:44:19 -0000 On 23.02.2012 05:14, ryuo@frugalware.org wrote: > I am a senior developer for the Frugalware Linux distribution, and I am > trying to find an upgrade path so we can leave grub legacy behind. Normal > disk installations work perfectly under testing, however I have found a > snag with RAID installations we have to support that were setup under grub > legacy, which we installed under metadata 0.90 because of the limitations > of grub legacy. > > The problem appears to be this bug: http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?34250 See parallel thread for heuristics. However note that this setup is fundamentally broken > It effects RAID setups that only use a single partition per disk, and in > my tests I got errors from grub-install of this kind: > http://frugalware.org/paste/13418 > > The problem seems to be that grub2 is unable to deduce *where* the RAID > really is. > > I tried installing to the MBR of both disks and RAID device, using a > simple grub-install command. (grub-install /dev/md0, etc.) I did my > testing with a mostly vanilla 1.99 grub2. > > If any of our users happen to run into this issue, what are we to tell > them to do? I'd like another option than forcing them to have to redo > their RAID setup. > > Any insights would be appreciated. > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel > -- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko