Bug#491076: grub-install does not work

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 01:23:38PM +0200, david.manye at urv.cat wrote:
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> 
> ----- Missatge original -----
> 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...

Can you distribute a filesystem image produced by that program that we can use
to reproduce the problem?

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Robert Millan

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