> Heyho! > > I'm still using LILO because grub-pc doesn't work for me. > > I found part of the problem: scripts/GRUB_PC/10-setup has a static list of > grub modules to be included in core.img; with squeeze's grub version, some > of these modules were renamed or are not available anymore. > > $ROOTCMD grub-mkimage --output=/boot/grub/core.img ext2 pc gpt biosdisk lvm > ... > $ROOTCMD /usr/sbin/grub-install --no-floppy --modules="ext2 _chain pc gpt > biosdisk lvm raid serial" "($grub_dev)" > > Of these modules, grub 1.98~20100115-1 doesn't contain at least pc.mod > (perhaps part_msdos.mod?), _chain.mod (presumably is now chain.mod), gpt.mod > (probably part_gpt.mod.) > > I found grub can figure out the list of needed module fine in usual cases, > but I appreciate that lvm/raid/... cases might need the manual specification > of the modules. (Or is this a problem with running from the FAI chroot? I > only tried from a natively booted system.) >
Thanks a lot for this information; for the experimental builds, this list is updated (I just left lvm raid serial in there) as of 3.3.4~beta1+experimental1. > The next problem was that the partitioner apparently generates partitions > without post mbr gap (before the start of the first partition.) grub-setup > now needs the --force argument to allow using a block-list. (Not sure if > this still happens with a freshly cleared partition sector, might be left- > over from an older version. I just re-installed fai.) > [...] This post-mbr gap depends on the disk label you use. If you specify gpt-bios a pseudo-partition will be created which should do the trick. I wouldn't be aware of any need for such space on full GPT (with EFI) or msdos disk labels. Best, Michael
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