Bug#362028: Found in lenny too

[Robert Millan]

retitle 362028 grub-install [partition] fails first time, but succeeds when run again (reiserfs or jfs)
severity 362028 normal
thanks

On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 05:15:07PM +0200, Raphael Champeimont (Almacha) wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 09, 2008 at 03:56:56PM +0200, Raphael Champeimont (Almacha) wrote:
> >> found 362028 0.97-44
> >> thanks
> >>
> >> The bug is in the current version of grub in lenny too.
> >>
> >> I did the same tests and got the same results.
> >>
> >> My test works with ext3, reiser4 and ext4.
> >> And it fails (this bug occurs) with reiserfs and jfs.
> > 
> > Can you be more specific about how we can reproduce this problem?
> 
> I didn't want to repeat myself as I had already explained my test in the
> previous mail, and the second mail was just to say "the same applies for
> lenny".

Ah, sorry for the oversight.

> The best is you look at
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=362028 message #40.

Installing GRUB in a partition together with a filesystem usually works,
but is not well supported, and in general I don't think it's a good idea.

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