Bug#471395: Bug#450951: grub can't get installed past 1TB

2008-03-20 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 11:27:13PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > clone 450951 -1 > retitle -1 int13 lba limited to 28-bit > tags -1 fixed-upstream > reassign -1 bochsbios > found -1 2.3.6-2 > thanks > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 09:16:43PM +, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Robert Millan, le Mon 17 M

Bug#450951: grub can't get installed past 1TB

2008-03-18 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Millan, le Mon 17 Mar 2008 21:57:54 +0100, a écrit : > On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 04:24:34PM +, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > > > Note: there is another bug in bochs's bios which prevents from testing > > with bochs or qemu the patch is available on the bochs list, I'll > > probably file a bu

Bug#450951: grub can't get installed past 1TB

2008-03-18 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 04:24:34PM +, Samuel Thibault wrote: > > Note: there is another bug in bochs's bios which prevents from testing > with bochs or qemu the patch is available on the bochs list, I'll > probably file a bug against the bochs package too. I found this: http://sourceforge

Bug#450951: grub can't get installed past 1TB

2008-03-18 Thread Robert Millan
clone 450951 -1 retitle -1 int13 lba limited to 28-bit tags -1 fixed-upstream reassign -1 bochsbios found -1 2.3.6-2 thanks On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 09:16:43PM +, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Robert Millan, le Mon 17 Mar 2008 21:57:54 +0100, a écrit : > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 04:24:34PM +, S

Bug#450951: grub can't get installed past 1TB

2008-01-02 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 11:52:08PM +, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Robert Millan, le Tue 01 Jan 2008 23:04:27 +0100, a écrit : > > > When trying to install grub past 1TB, it fails with error 18 > > > > Can you reproduce this problem with GRUB 2 ? > > Nope, and the source code seems to show that

Bug#450951: grub can't get installed past 1TB

2008-01-01 Thread Samuel Thibault
Robert Millan, le Tue 01 Jan 2008 23:04:27 +0100, a écrit : > > When trying to install grub past 1TB, it fails with error 18 > > Can you reproduce this problem with GRUB 2 ? Nope, and the source code seems to show that HDIO_GETGEO's result is not really taken into account there :) What are the

Bug#450951: grub can't get installed past 1TB

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 04:24:34PM +, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Package: grub > Version: 0.97-28 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > When trying to install grub past 1TB, it fails with error 18 (18 : > Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS). This is because > the HDIO_GETGEO ioctl is

Bug#450951: grub can't get installed past 1TB

2007-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Samuel Thibault, le Mon 12 Nov 2007 16:24:34 +, a écrit : > This is because the HDIO_GETGEO ioctl is limited to 65535 cylinders > (i.e. ~1TB), and for bigger values Linux just returns 65535. Or not. Documentation/ioctl/hdio.txt says: Not particularly useful with modern disk drives,

Bug#450951: grub can't get installed past 1TB

2007-11-12 Thread Samuel Thibault
Package: grub Version: 0.97-28 Severity: normal Hi, When trying to install grub past 1TB, it fails with error 18 (18 : Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS). This is because the HDIO_GETGEO ioctl is limited to 65535 cylinders (i.e. ~1TB), and for bigger values Linux just returns 6