Bug#514263: thinks that my ext2 root filesystem is fat

[Aioanei Rares]

Joey Hess wrote:
> Felix Zielcke wrote:
>   
>> hm maybe something simliar as in #505137
>> Could you please show the output of hexdump -Cn 512 /dev/hda1?
>> Maybe you had a fat filesystem and mkfs.ext2 didn't overwrite the first
>> 512 bytes.
>>     
>
> root at gnu:~>grub-probe  /           
> fat
>
> IIRC the original partition layout of this machine was:
>
> /dev/hda1 - small FAT partition containing dell utilities
> /dev/hda2 - ubuntu
>
> I deleted those partitions in d-i (lenny rc1), and made a single /dev/hda1 of
> the whole disk, so its start would have been where that fat used to be.
>
> This seems identical to #505137, so I think that bug was closed too
> entusiastically..
>
> 00000000  eb 54 90 00 65 6c 6c 20  38 2e 30 00 02 04 01 00  |.T..ell 8.0.....|
> 00000010  02 00 02 03 bc f8 2f 00  3f 00 ff 00 3f 00 00 00  |....../.?...?...|
> 00000020  00 00 00 00 80 00 29 1d  07 d8 07 44 65 6c 6c 55  |......)....DellU|
> 00000030  74 69 6c 69 74 79 00 41  54 31 36 20 20 20 10 00  |tility.AT16   ..|
> 00000040  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
> 00000050  00 00 00 00 00 00 33 c0  8e d0 bc 00 07 fc b9 80  |......3.........|
> 00000060  00 8e d8 be 00 7c b8 00  20 8e c0 33 ff f3 66 a5  |.....|.. ..3..f.|
> 00000070  ea 75 00 00 20 8e d8 be  cc 01 b8 01 02 b9 01 00  |.u.. ...........|
> 00000080  b6 00 8a 16 24 00 bb 00  02 cd 13 0f 82 0c 01 80  |....$...........|
> 00000090  3e c2 03 06 74 0e c6 06  c2 03 06 b8 01 03 cd 13  |>...t...........|
> 000000a0  0f 82 f7 00 66 0f b7 06  0e 00 66 03 06 1c 00 66  |....f.....f....f|
> 000000b0  0f b7 0e 16 00 66 d1 e1  66 03 c1 66 a3 46 00 66  |.....f..f..f.F.f|
> 000000c0  0f b7 0e 11 00 89 0e 52  00 83 c1 0f c1 e9 04 88  |.......R........|
> 000000d0  0e 40 00 66 03 c1 66 a3  4e 00 b8 00 30 a3 44 00  |. at .f..f.N...0.D.|
> 000000e0  8e c0 e8 d4 00 33 db b9  0b 00 be e1 01 8b fb f3  |.....3..........|
> 000000f0  a6 74 0f 83 c3 20 ff 0e  52 00 75 eb be d7 01 e9  |.t... ..R.u.....|
> 00000100  99 00 26 8b 47 1a a3 54  00 a1 16 00 a3 52 00 66  |..&.G..T.....R.f|
> 00000110  0f b7 06 0e 00 66 03 06  1c 00 66 a3 46 00 a1 52  |.....f....f.F..R|
> 00000120  00 3d 40 00 76 02 b0 40  a2 40 00 e8 8b 00 66 0f  |.=@.v.. at .@....f.|
> 00000130  b6 06 40 00 66 01 06 46  00 29 06 52 00 74 09 c1  |.. at .f..F.).R.t..|
> 00000140  e0 05 01 06 44 00 eb d6  c7 06 44 00 70 00 a0 0d  |....D.....D.p...|
> 00000150  00 a2 40 00 66 0f b7 06  54 00 66 83 e8 02 66 0f  |.. at .f...T.f...f.|
> 00000160  b6 0e 0d 00 66 f7 e1 66  03 06 4e 00 66 a3 46 00  |....f..f..N.f.F.|
> 00000170  e8 46 00 8b 36 54 00 b8  00 30 d1 e6 73 03 05 00  |.F..6T...0..s...|
> 00000180  10 8e c0 26 ad 3d f8 ff  73 16 a3 54 00 0f b6 06  |...&.=..s..T....|
> 00000190  0d 00 c1 e0 09 01 06 42  00 eb b9 e8 0d 00 eb fe  |.......B........|
> 000001a0  8a 16 24 00 33 ed ea 00  00 70 00 b4 0e ac bb 07  |..$.3....p......|
> 000001b0  00 cd 10 80 3c 00 75 f3  c3 b4 42 8a 16 24 00 be  |....<.u...B..$..|
> 000001c0  3e 00 cd 13 72 01 c3 be  cc 01 eb cf 44 69 73 6b  |>...r.......Disk|
> 000001d0  20 65 72 72 6f 72 00 4e  6f 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 72  | error.No loader|
> 000001e0  00 44 45 4c 4c 42 49 4f  20 42 49 4e 00 00 00 00  |.DELLBIO BIN....|
> 000001f0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
> 00000200
>
> BTW, if a before/after comparison of the partition would help, I have a
> snapshot of the entire original disk squirreled away somewhere..
>
>   
You chose to install grub on the MBR?