tags 273960 + patch
thanks
> If I install with root on software raid1, os-prober sees the component
> drives as separate linux installs. If one is a spare, linux-os-prober
> probably cannot mount it to work out how to boot it. Otherwise, it
> thinks it figures this out. Amusing results in grub-installer either
> way.
Hi Joey,
Here's a possible patch for this issue.
I've not yet committed it because I wanted to see if you like the idea
first. Please let me know and I'll commit.
What I do is skip any partitions that are part of a software raid array.
Tested.
Cheers,
Frans
Index: os-prober
===================================================================
--- os-prober (revision 25185)
+++ os-prober (working copy)
@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@
find /dev/discs/ -follow -type b | grep /part
}
+test_raid () {
+ [ -f /proc/mdstat ] || return 1
+
+ disk=$(echo $1 | cut -d"/" -f1-4)
+ [ -z "$disk" ] && return 1
+ part=$(echo $1 | sed "s:$disk::")
+
+ realdev=$(readlink $disk | sed "s:^\.\./::")
+ [ -z "$realdev" ] && return 1
+
+ if grep -q "^md.*$realdev$part" /proc/mdstat ; then
+ debug "$1: part of software raid array"
+ return 0
+ else
+ return 1
+ fi
+}
+
for prog in /usr/lib/os-probes/init/*; do
if [ -x $prog ] && [ -f $prog ]; then
debug "running init $prog"
@@ -15,6 +33,9 @@
done
for partition in $(partitions); do
+ # Skip partitions used in software RAID arrays
+ test_raid $partition && continue
+
if ! grep -q "^$partition " /proc/mounts; then
for test in /usr/lib/os-probes/*; do
if [ -x $test ] && [ -f $test ]; then
