| 2008-10-15 01:38:35 |
Agostino Russo |
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added bug |
| 2008-10-15 01:39:09 |
Agostino Russo |
grub-installer: status |
New |
Triaged |
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| 2008-10-15 01:39:09 |
Agostino Russo |
grub-installer: importance |
Undecided |
High |
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| 2008-10-15 01:39:09 |
Agostino Russo |
grub-installer: statusexplanation |
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| 2008-10-15 01:41:50 |
Agostino Russo |
grub-installer: status |
Triaged |
Confirmed |
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| 2008-10-15 02:15:36 |
Agostino Russo |
description |
Binary package hint: grub-installer
Seems like the old code was removed in recent revisions, in particular there used to be the following snippet which is required by wubi
if db_get grub-installer/bootdev_directory && [ "$RET" ]; then
sed -i "/^# groot=/s:).*:)$RET:" $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file
need_update_grub=1
fi
Without the above, groot is not correct for loopinstallations. |
Binary package hint: grub-installer
Loop-installations expect a root argument such as:
root ()/ubuntu/disks
There following code used to replace the existing groot to produce the above string
if db_get grub-installer/bootdev_directory && [ "$RET" ]; then
sed -i "/^# groot=/s:).*:)$RET:" $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file
need_update_grub=1
fi
But because of the way the new update-grub handles of groot/boot_device, the groot string returned is formatted differently (there are no "()") and the above sed command fails. The following should work:
if db_get grub-installer/bootdev_directory && [ "$RET" ]; then
sed -i "s:^# groot=.*:# groot=()$RET:" $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file
need_update_grub=1
fi
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| 2008-10-15 02:28:07 |
Agostino Russo |
description |
Binary package hint: grub-installer
Loop-installations expect a root argument such as:
root ()/ubuntu/disks
There following code used to replace the existing groot to produce the above string
if db_get grub-installer/bootdev_directory && [ "$RET" ]; then
sed -i "/^# groot=/s:).*:)$RET:" $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file
need_update_grub=1
fi
But because of the way the new update-grub handles of groot/boot_device, the groot string returned is formatted differently (there are no "()") and the above sed command fails. The following should work:
if db_get grub-installer/bootdev_directory && [ "$RET" ]; then
sed -i "s:^# groot=.*:# groot=()$RET:" $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file
need_update_grub=1
fi
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Binary package hint: grub-installer
Loop-installations expect a root argument such as:
root ()/ubuntu/disks
There following code used to replace the existing groot to produce the above string
if db_get grub-installer/bootdev_directory && [ "$RET" ]; then
sed -i "/^# groot=/s:).*:)$RET:" $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file
need_update_grub=1
fi
But because of the recent changes in update-grub that provide UUID support, groot/boot_device are handled differently, and in particular the groot string returned is a UUID with no "()", hence the above sed command fails. The following should work:
if db_get grub-installer/bootdev_directory && [ "$RET" ]; then
sed -i "s:^# groot=.*:# groot=()$RET:" $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file
need_update_grub=1
fi
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| 2008-10-15 02:28:24 |
Agostino Russo |
grub-installer: status |
Confirmed |
Triaged |
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| 2008-10-15 08:25:10 |
Launchpad Janitor |
grub-installer: status |
Triaged |
Fix Released |
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| 2008-10-15 09:26:01 |
Agostino Russo |
grub-installer: status |
Fix Released |
In Progress |
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| 2008-10-15 09:26:01 |
Agostino Russo |
grub-installer: statusexplanation |
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Colin, I doubt that grub4dos supports UUIDs (haven't tested that), and even if it does, things will be a bit tricky, since
A) in case of updates we need to ship a new grub4dos (wubildr & co, which, by the way, might not be under /host)
B) wubi actually uses a first embedded menu.lst that uses heuristics to set the bootloader root and then loads a second menu.lst (the one visible as /boot/grub/menu.lst) within that root. The second menu.lst does not set root, it only sets the relative path, which is why we use "()". Such heuristic approach, while not bullet proof for obvious reasons, seemed to work ok also with multiple disks.
Hence i would suggest to stick with "root ()/relative/path" for this release. |
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| 2008-10-15 10:20:05 |
Launchpad Janitor |
grub-installer: status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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| 2009-11-17 18:58:00 |
Ubuntu QA Website |
tags |
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iso-testing |
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| 2009-12-05 08:03:39 |
Launchpad Janitor |
branch linked |
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lp:ubuntu/grub-installer |
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