Bug#475585: grub-probe: error: Unknown kind of RAID device `/dev/md/1'

[Robert Millan]

severity 475585 important
thanks

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 10:00:46PM +0200, Hadmut Danisch wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.96+20080408-1
> Severity: serious
> Justification: serious
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> after upgrading to latest debian I can't install grub anymore:
> 
> My /boot directory is located on /dev/md/1 which consists of /dev/hda1 and /dev/sda1. 
> 
> 
> # grub-install "(hd0)"
> grub-probe: error: Unknown kind of RAID device `/dev/md/1'

It appears the /dev/md/%d form wasn't taken into account.  Will go through this
eventually;  in the meantime, you can just enable /dev/md%d symlinks as descrbed
in mdadm(8) manpage.

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Robert Millan

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