Bug#616733: os-prober: Does not detect MS-DOS reliably

2011-03-08 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Matti Kurkela (matti.kurk...@iki.fi): > >I agree this would be more reliable. Do you think that you could > >propose a patch for such improvement? > > Certainly; however, I'm currently travelling and so have very > limited opportunity to do it right now. I might be able to do it by > the

Bug#616733: os-prober: Does not detect MS-DOS reliably

2011-03-08 Thread Matti Kurkela
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011, Christian PERRIER wrote: Thanks for this patch. I committed it. (alternative approach to MS-DOS/Win3.1 detection) I agree this would be more reliable. Do you think that you could propose a patch for such improvement? Certainly; however, I'm currently travelling and so h

Bug#616733: os-prober: Does not detect MS-DOS reliably

2011-03-07 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Matti Kurkela (matti.kurk...@welho.com): > Analysis: > os-prober's MS-DOS test in /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft does not > use an absolute path when it verifies that "dos" is a directory. > Patch attached. Thanks for this patch. I committed it. > > Further suggestions: > Testin

Bug#616733: os-prober: Does not detect MS-DOS reliably

2011-03-06 Thread Matti Kurkela
Package: os-prober Version: 1.42 Severity: normal Configuration: - system is partitioned as follows: /dev/sda1 = Linux /boot /dev/sda2 = DOS 6.22 /dev/sda3 = extended partition /dev/sda5 = Linux LVM PV, containing swap and Linux filesystems - /dev/sda2 is mounted on /dos (so the DOS 6.