Bug#423412: grub-of: grub-install "(hd, 0)" still fails on pegasos PPC

[Robert Millan]

On Mon, Jul 02, 2007 at 05:17:41PM -0300, Zoho Vignochi wrote:
> Package: grub-of
> Version: 1.95+20070626-1
> Followup-For: Bug #423412
> 
> the script grub-install fails to install on a pegasos ODW with the 
> failure
> 
> zoho at subotai:/boot/grub$ sudo grub-install "(hd,0)"
> /boot/grub must be a mount point.
> 
> commenting out line 126 to 130:
> 
> # Find the partition at the right mount point.
> #install_device=`awk '$2 == '"\"$grubdir\""' { print $1 }' < 
> #/proc/mounts`
> #if test "x$install_device" = x; then
> #    echo "$grubdir must be a mount point."
> #    exit 1
> #fi
> 
> allows grub to install in the proper partition.

/boot/grub does really have to be a mount point.  This doesn't mean the
interface can't be changed, but it's something you should discuss with
upstream, not here.

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