From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:28:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from cuda.sgi.com (cuda1.sgi.com [192.48.168.28]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id lBHDSjrx007357 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:28:47 -0800 Received: from mail.lichtvoll.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id E089C116EDAD for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:28:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.lichtvoll.de (mondschein.lichtvoll.de [194.150.191.11]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id MpGGme7IF4CtuVP0 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:28:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from nb27steigerwald.qs.de (unknown [212.204.70.254]) by mail.lichtvoll.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C3E95AE80 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:29:00 +0100 (CET) From: Martin Steigerwald Subject: Re: Installing grub onto a system with XFS root fs Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:28:51 +0100 References: <20071217004945.GA13335@jdc.jasonjgw.net> (sfid-20071217_102458_420553_1ADB1FF4) In-Reply-To: <20071217004945.GA13335@jdc.jasonjgw.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712171428.51831.Martin@lichtvoll.de> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: xfs@oss.sgi.com Hello Jason, Am Montag 17 Dezember 2007 schrieb Jason White: > I am trying to install Grub onto a system with a single XFS partition > serving as both / and /boot. > > Distribution: Debian Unstable (Sid). > Architecture: x86_64 > > When I run grub-install I get: > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub > Due to a bug in xfs_freeze, the following command might produce a > segmentation fault when /boot/grub is not in an XFS filesystem. This > error is harmless and can be ignored. > > At this point the install script hangs and the only way to recover is > to reboot the machine (with a hard reset). Needless to say, Grub isn't > installed. > > Any suggestions? Using grub shell manually always worked for me: - grub - find /boot/grub/menu.lst - root - setup for example (hd0,0) for first harddisks MBR Remember to copy over the contents of /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc to /boot before you do a manual installation. Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7