On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 04:35:42PM +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > With the namespace issue fixed and a blacklist to avoid mounting > partitions in a virtualization environment, would it make sense to > make grub-pc recommend (or even depend on) os-prober again?
The problem is not just virtualization but also exporting the block device over the network. E.g. vblade does not open the device with O_EXCL, so it is possible to mount it locally while some remote client also have it mounted, resulting in data corruption. Gabor -- --------------------------------------------------------- MTA SZTAKI Computer and Automation Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences --------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org