found 362028 0.97-27etch1
thanks
I found this bug also happens when using JFS, ie:
grub-install fails on a newly formatted JFS partition
To reproduce:
1. Boot a debian etch system which has grub 0.97-27etch1
2. Format an unused partition using JFS (mkfs.jfs [partition])
3. grub-install [partition], it will fail
3. grub-install [partition] (same command again), it will *work*
The same idea can be tested against different FS.
The bug occurs when using:
- reiserfs
- jfs
The bug does NOT occur when using:
- ext3
- reiser4
Testing xfs makes no sense as it does not allow installing a bootloader
at the beginning of the partition.
Here is the output I get when making the test with JFS:
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serpent:~# mkfs.jfs /dev/hda2
mkfs.jfs version 1.1.11, 05-Jun-2006
Warning! All data on device /dev/hda2 will be lost!
Continue? (Y/N) y
Format completed successfully.
8032500 kilobytes total disk space.
serpent:~# grub-install /dev/hda2
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Due to a bug in xfs_freeze, the following command might produce a
segmentation
fault when /boot/grub is not in an XFS filesystem. This error is
harmless and
can be ignored.
xfs_freeze: specified file ["/boot/grub"] is not on an XFS filesystem
GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)
[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For
the first word, TAB lists possible command
completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
completions of a device/filename. ]
grub> root (hd0,5)
Filesystem type is jfs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --prefix=/boot/grub (hd0,1)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/jfs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/jfs_stage1_5 (hd0,1)"... 16 sectors are
embedded.
succeeded
Running "install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,1)
(hd0,1)1+16 p (hd0,5)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... failed
Error 6: Mismatched or corrupt version of stage1/stage2
grub> quit
serpent:~# grub-install /dev/hda2
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Due to a bug in xfs_freeze, the following command might produce a
segmentation
fault when /boot/grub is not in an XFS filesystem. This error is
harmless and
can be ignored.
xfs_freeze: specified file ["/boot/grub"] is not on an XFS filesystem
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.
(hd0) /dev/hda
serpent:~#
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Almacha
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