Bug#514976: grub-probe cannot locate /boot on /dev/sdag1, even when device.map is correct

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 11/10/2010 01:52 AM, Brian May wrote:
> Excerpts from Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko's message of 2010-11-09 20:27:10 +1100:
>   
>> This file is actually shared between GRUB2 and GRUB1 in Debian and comes
>> from GRUB2 upstream. I fixed it upstream in GRUB2.
>> You don't need to actually install any GRUB to test it. It's enough to:
>> bzr branch http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/r/grub/trunk/grub/
>> cd grub
>> ./autogen.sh
>> ./configure
>> make
>> sudo ./grub-probe -t fs <sdag1 mountpoint>
>>
>> Last command should give you the FS of sdag1
>>     
> Unfortunately we have restructed our storage, so we no longer have as many
> drives as we use to. So the last drive is now /dev/sdr. As a result, I don't think
> I can test this anymore.
>
> However, in case this helps. Initially I get an error, I had to use the -d flag
> for it to work, is this expected?
>
>   
There are 2 usages:
grub-probe ....  <folder>
grub-probe ....  -d <device>
Try to
grub-probe ....  <device>
as you did is expected to fail

-- 
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko


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