Package: grub-installer
Version: 1.55
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
This patch adds ZFS support to grub-installer.
Note: findfs change is required because mount output only gives zpool name,
not the device associated with it. The other changes should be obvious.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
diff -ur grub-installer-1.55.old/grub-installer grub-installer-1.55/grub-installer
--- grub-installer-1.55.old/grub-installer 2010-08-18 16:38:02.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-installer-1.55/grub-installer 2010-09-01 13:47:23.554370178 +0200
@@ -75,10 +75,15 @@
serial="$(get_serial_console)"
+grub_probe () {
+ apt-install grub-common
+ $chroot $ROOT grub-probe $@
+}
+
# Usage: convert os_device
# Convert an OS device to the corresponding GRUB drive
convert () {
- tmp_drive="$($chroot $ROOT grub-probe -d -t drive "$1")" || exit $?
+ tmp_drive="$(grub_probe -d -t drive "$1")" || exit $?
if [ "$partition_offset" != 0 ]; then
tmp_part="$(echo "$tmp_drive" | sed 's%.*,\([0-9]*\)).*%\1%')"
if [ "$tmp_part" ] && [ "$tmp_part" != "$tmp_drive" ]; then
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@
}
findfs () {
- mount | grep "on $ROOT${1%/} " | tail -n1 | cut -d' ' -f1
+ grub_probe -t device $1
}
findfstype () {
@@ -314,6 +319,10 @@
# Booting from UFS requires grub2
grub_package="grub-pc"
;;
+ *:zfs:*:*)
+ # Booting from ZFS requires grub2
+ grub_package="grub-pc"
+ ;;
*:ext2fs:*:grub-pc | *:xfs:*:grub-pc)
# Booting ext2fs or xfs using grub2 works
;;
@@ -658,6 +667,11 @@
db_progress STEP 1
db_progress INFO grub-installer/progress/step_config_loader
+if [ "$bootfstype" = "zfs" ]; then
+ # Required by update-grub on ZFS
+ cp /boot/zfs/zpool.cache $ROOT/boot/zfs/
+fi
+
# Delete for idempotency
rm -f $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file
update_grub
