Partition counting should use the same method as device counting
Bug #425421 reported by
Pjotr12345
This bug affects 4 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
In Grub2, partition counting starts at 1. However, device counting starts at 0 (the old method). This difference is very unwise and will cause needless confusion.
Counting of partitions and devices should be exactly the same. Both of them should start counting at 1, or both of them should start counting at 0 (old method). No mix.
Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
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Am Sonntag, den 06.09.2009, 22:30 +0000 schrieb Pjotr12345:
> Public bug reported:
>
> In Grub2, partition counting starts at 1. However, device counting
> starts at 0 (the old method). This difference is very unwise and will
> cause needless confusion.
>
> Counting of partitions and devices should be exactly the same. Both of
> them should start counting at 1, or both of them should start counting
> at 0 (old method). No mix.
>
Quote from http:// www.gnu. org/software/ grub/grub- 2.en.html compatibility, such as the way of numbering partitions.
Fix design mistakes in GRUB Legacy, which could not be solved for
backward-
In other words, we (as in Debian maintainers and GNU maintainers) won't change this again.
developers/
I strongly hope and believe Ubuntu won't divert from us in this point.
I don't know why Okuji (or the other PUPA developers) decided this but
honourly I don't care.
Maybe you can find some explanation in the grub-devel archives.
--
Felix Zielcke
Proud Debian Maintainer