Bug#491076: grub-install does not work

[david.manye at urv.cat]

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De: Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com>
Data: Dissabte, Juliol 19, 2008 18:10
Assumpte: Re: Bug#491076: grub-install does not work
Per a: david manyé <david.manye at urv.cat>, 491076 at bugs.debian.org
CC: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.L-H at gmx.de>, Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com>, Eric Sandeen <esandeen at redhat.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso at mit.edu>

> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:56:29PM +0200, david manyé wrote:
> > d131:~# grub-install /dev/hda5
> > Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> > /usr/sbin/grub-install: line 384:  4981 Excepció de coma 
> flotant>
> > [...]
> > 
> > i've tried unsuccessfully the default lenny version 0.97-41 
> and 0.97-30
> > but older versions than -30 work perfectly: 0.97-27, 0.97-27etch1,
> > 0.97-28 and 0.97-29. i've got -28, -29 and -30 versions from
> > snapshots.debian.net.
> > 
> > all the system is installed in /dev/hda5 with ext2 filesystem.
> 
> Are you sure -29 worked but -30 didn't?  This would indicate
> ext3_256byte_inode.diff introduced this regression.
> 
> Which version of e2fsprogs did you use to create that ext2fs? 
> (and with
> which flags)

the filesystem is created with an unsupported closed source replication tool which name i prefer not to write ;-). all i can tell you now is that the filesystem is ext2 and that it seems clean (i can execute without problems find, apt-get, etc.)

i'm on holydays but maybe this afternoon i can make a raid into the office and get some extra info...


> 
> -- 
> Robert Millan
> 
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