thank you for your fast response. Problem is GRUB_LEGACY_0_BASED_PARTITIONS=1 is not set by default and update-grub (using grub-probe and updating grub.cfg) will ruin my system whenever invoked .... which will be the case whenever a new kernel will be installed.
Don't like that, Holger 2010/8/1 Debian Bug Tracking System <ow...@bugs.debian.org>: > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > which was filed against the grub-common package: > > #591289: grub-probe returns wrong results > > It has been closed by Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org>. > > Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. > If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a > better one in a separate message then please contact Colin Watson > <cjwat...@debian.org> by > replying to this email. > > > -- > 591289: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=591289 > Debian Bug Tracking System > Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems > > > ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- > From: Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org> > To: 591289-cl...@bugs.debian.org > Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2010 21:39:47 +0100 > Subject: Re: Bug#591289: grub-probe returns wrong results > On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 08:59:49PM +0200, Holger Schuh wrote: >> grub-common: /usr/sbin/grub-probe >> DebianAufMacBook:~# grub-probe -t drive / >> (hd0,3) >> DebianAufMacBook:~# grub-probe --target=device / >> /dev/sda3 >> >> should return (hd0,2) > > If you want that, set GRUB_LEGACY_0_BASED_PARTITIONS=1 in the > environment. For GRUB 2 (Debian's default GRUB version nowadays), > grub-probe's behaviour is correct. > > -- > Colin Watson [cjwat...@debian.org] > > > > ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- > From: Holger Schuh <holgersc...@googlemail.com> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> > Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:59:49 +0200 > Subject: grub-probe returns wrong results > Package: grub-common > Version: 1.96+20080724-16 > Severity: important > > > grub-common: /usr/sbin/grub-probe > DebianAufMacBook:~# grub-probe -t drive / > (hd0,3) > DebianAufMacBook:~# grub-probe --target=device / > /dev/sda3 > > should return (hd0,2) > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 5.0.5 > APT prefers proposed-updates > APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages grub-common depends on: > ii base-files 5lenny6 Debian base system miscellaneous > f > ii libc6 2.7-18lenny4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > > grub-common recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages grub-common suggests: > pn multiboot-doc <none> (no description available) > > -- no debconf information > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org