On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 06:24:19PM +0100, Sam Morris wrote: > Package: grub-pc > Version: 1.95+20070507-1 > Severity: normal > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > While debugging #423022 I found the following: > > > I had to do one more thing to boot up correctly: edit the command line. > > It had 'root=md0' but it needed 'root=/dev/md0'. It appears that > > 'grub-probe -t device /boot/grub' outputs 'md0' when it should be > > outputting '/dev/md0' (just as it outputs e.g., '/dev/hde1' instead of > > 'hde1' for 'grub-probe -t device /mnt'). Shall I file a separate bug for > > that? > > This is caused by the code within the #ifdef __linux__ in > 'util/i386/pc/getroot.c'. I can't see what the point of this code > is--the kernel will always want 'root=/dev/md0' or > 'root=/dev/mapper/foo-bar' and not the truncated form.
grub_guess_root_device() wasn't initialy designed to serve this purpose; the "-t device" use was added later. Can you try arranging this code to include the missing "/dev/" and report if everything still works? -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
