nd of the metadata comes before the start. Grub-install fails and
so does the boot.
At grub-1.96_svn20080813/disk/lvm.c line 303 and further down the notion
of circular metadata is not taken into account.
Shall we attempt to fix this and send a patch ?
regards,
Hans Lambermont, Jan Derk Ger
Felix Zielcke wrote on 20080828:
> Am Donnerstag, den 28.08.2008, 13:14 +0200 schrieb Hans Lambermont:
>> My colleague Jan Derk Gerlings found a bug in the way grub 1.96, svn
>> version 20080813 (and earlier) reads the circular lvm2 metadata
>> buffer.
>
> Great, on D
our
warning level is so high that the compiler starts to complain about your
system header files. See http://lambermont.dyndns.org/hmake
* shameless plug mode off *
regards,
Hans Lambermont
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Felix Zielcke wrote on 20080903:
> could you please address Marco's issues and send a new patch so the
> topic is brought up again?
Yes, I'll make some time for it.
regards,
Hans Lambermont
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log :
2008-09-09 Hans Lambermont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* disk/lvm.c (grub_lvm_scan_device): Allocate buffer space for the
circular metadata worst case scenario. If the metadata is circular
then copy the wrap in place.
* include/grub/lvm.h: Add GRUB_LVM_MDA_HEAD
Hans Lambermont wrote on 20080909:
> Felix Zielcke wrote on 20080903:
>> could you please address Marco's issues and send a new patch so the
>> topic is brought up again?
The new patch was sent to the list 2 weeks ago.
(See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2008-09
Robert Millan wrote on 20080924:
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 10:58:01AM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote:
>> Am Dienstag, den 23.09.2008, 10:29 +0200 schrieb Hans Lambermont:
>>> The new patch was sent to the list 2 weeks ago.
>>> (See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-
