Control: tags -1 + patch
Allow installing GRUB to a character device, as on GNU/kFreeBSD
diff --git a/grub-installer b/grub-installer
index 5d9fd77..6e2c7fc 100755
--- a/grub-installer
+++ b/grub-installer
@@ -651,9 +651,9 @@ if [ -z "$frdisk" ]; then
# Install grub on each space separated disk in the list
bootdevs="$bootdev"
for bootdev in $bootdevs; do
# workaround for #681227
- if [ ! -b $bootdev -a $bootdev != dummy ]; then
+ if [ ! -b $bootdev -a ! -c $bootdev -a $bootdev != dummy ]; then
continue
fi
grub_install_params=
if ! is_floppy "$bootdev"; then
Or instead - make the logical IMHO clearer, and while here, wrap
$bootdev in quotes to be paranoid:
diff --git a/grub-installer b/grub-installer
index 5d9fd77..552c9bc 100755
--- a/grub-installer
+++ b/grub-installer
@@ -651,9 +651,9 @@ if [ -z "$frdisk" ]; then
# Install grub on each space separated disk in the list
bootdevs="$bootdev"
for bootdev in $bootdevs; do
# workaround for #681227
- if [ ! -b $bootdev -a $bootdev != dummy ]; then
+ if ! [ "$bootdev" = dummy -o -b "$bootdev" -o -c "$bootdev" ];
then
continue
fi
grub_install_params=
if ! is_floppy "$bootdev"; then
Thanks,
Regards,
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