On 09.07.2012 22:02, Jiri Slaby wrote: > From: Michael Chang <mch...@suse.com> > > To be able to install grub on an extended partition, user, if they are > convinced it is a good idea, has to use --skip-fs-probe for grub-setup. >
It needs to be documented in grub-install --help. > For convenience, let us support --skip-fs-probe directly in > grub-install and pass it to grub-setup internally. > > Otherwise with such a setup: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda1 2048 4208639 2103296 82 Linux swap / Solaris > /dev/sda2 * 4208640 213921791 104856576 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/sda5 4210688 46153727 20971520 83 Linux > > This fails: > $ grub2-install --force /dev/sda2 > /usr/sbin/grub2-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda2. Check > your device.map. > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jsl...@suse.cz> > References: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750897 > --- > util/grub-install.in | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/util/grub-install.in b/util/grub-install.in > index e19f1cd..3a7d332 100644 > --- a/util/grub-install.in > +++ b/util/grub-install.in > @@ -253,6 +253,9 @@ do > -f | --force) > setup_force="--force" ;; > > + -s | --skip-fs-probe) > + setup_skip_fs_probe="--skip-fs-probe" ;; > + > -*) > gettext_printf "Unrecognized option \`%s'\n" "$option" 1>&2 > usage > @@ -738,7 +741,7 @@ fi > # Perform the grub_modinfo_platform-dependent install > if [ "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}" = "i386-pc" ] || > [ "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}" = "sparc64-ieee1275" > ] ; then > # Now perform the installation. > - "$grub_setup" ${allow_floppy} ${setup_verbose} ${setup_force} > --directory="${grubdir}/${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-$grub_modinfo_platform" \ > + "$grub_setup" ${allow_floppy} ${setup_verbose} ${setup_force} > ${setup_skip_fs_probe} > --directory="${grubdir}/${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-$grub_modinfo_platform" \ > --device-map="${device_map}" "${install_device}" || exit 1 > elif [ "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}" = > "i386-ieee1275" ] || [ "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}" > = "powerpc-ieee1275" ]; then > -- Regards Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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