From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1Vcjo5-0004Hm-UY for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 18:36:37 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47591) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vcjnv-0004Gg-6k for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 18:36:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vcjnm-00064h-Ob for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 18:36:27 -0400 Received: from mail-ee0-x232.google.com ([2a00:1450:4013:c00::232]:53983) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vcjnm-00063q-Hn for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 18:36:18 -0400 Received: by mail-ee0-f50.google.com with SMTP id l10so408851eei.37 for ; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 15:36:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; bh=A+a+QsHw+IkoX1ZE3u4nqyYijd1OfWRC5fox1Dk8TlY=; b=Ai+LuoXDugNgAiwEvQ4O9IfnfKCmDllSo6wX/j5wX8e//kz8m81EJWQKhr2DT8aB+T AZNh7fne8pLp9GnWomJm0m6nVdQltuxRfiddBtr51mc2ScKQTztT7LMgn/A3yWt7vT2l t+f+Mumrsw1lN8/JT7Iudpi0paIKeGl3ARwHX1eMAcfVxC2CISKIs4ZYhZI6QWp7Thea vPQV900xsWvJC495m9DLaPrct7sPR9DJuRnh0PhaFHrmsjYXDowxBHOewykkavnIP6Dk s54tCGagHQ6LsUvBQ2GeDyMHyjR+sRuzhmwpmendb43S8BG0+jmTUvp4bpDS5CnU8G7c v5Kg== X-Received: by 10.14.193.198 with SMTP id k46mr128866een.128.1383431776963; Sat, 02 Nov 2013 15:36:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.16] (31-249.1-85.cust.bluewin.ch. [85.1.249.31]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id bn13sm25796974eeb.11.2013.11.02.15.36.15 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 02 Nov 2013 15:36:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <52757E5E.6020505@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 23:36:14 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20131005 Icedove/17.0.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org Subject: Re: grub mishandles corrupt/missing primary GPT References: <9DB3EF6D-6E26-4A9F-BB2D-07CCEF378D7A@colorremedies.com> <52687CC7.4010605@gmail.com> <6400C778-E3A3-42FD-ABF7-E15DF635FC40@colorremedies.com> <20131024133902.GS13097@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <01317010-522C-4C11-9105-0D536426EE36@colorremedies.com> In-Reply-To: <01317010-522C-4C11-9105-0D536426EE36@colorremedies.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.5.1 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="----enig2UETDLOGJHEHBHDKXEQJP" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4013:c00::232 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: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 22:36:35 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) ------enig2UETDLOGJHEHBHDKXEQJP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 24.10.2013 20:17, Chris Murphy wrote: > Yes it's just being silly. But the take away is that (partitioning) too= ls are behaving wrongly if they understand GPT, yet ignore or can't fix p= roblems with either GPT. The spec only says software, it doesn't specify = what software, so I'm assuming partitioning tools. Obviously the kernel i= s software, but it's not in a position to ask the user anything. GRUB logic is that it should be able to read corrupted as far as it's not too corrupted and let kernel/partitioning tool to do the permanent fi= x. ------enig2UETDLOGJHEHBHDKXEQJP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Icedove - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREKAAYFAlJ1fl4ACgkQNak7dOguQgl5ogD/cyefobmwCLmhhPGhnrxlC9mk Iuw7ThVec1kQfvofOfcA/2kK9W/15LEgUx2RoV4f5e75e4ZR56d5zp8QW8SaPYDC =NWCj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------enig2UETDLOGJHEHBHDKXEQJP--