I've updated the Debian bug link to one with much more detail. It
appears that:
* the original problem I ran into when trying to use xfs_freeze -f /
xfs_freeze -u as a sequence point to force data to be written such that it
would be readable by grub was fixed by the XFS developers upstream around Linux
2.6.19/20 (there's some speculation about exactly when)
* grub-install has now been fixed in Debian to avoid writing data to the
filesystem while it is frozen, which is the cause of the lockups addressed by
the link in the previous comment
* Frans Pop has verified that a machine previously unable to install grub on
XFS during installation now can
Therefore, I plan to merge this all into Jaunty and see how it goes!
** Also affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu Hardy)
Status: New => Won't Fix
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grub-install hangs with xfs root/boot
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/8058
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