Bug#659460: grub-pc: grub-install can't install on raid0 device (grub-probe can't find /boot)

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 11.02.2012 12:02, John Hughes wrote:
> On 11/02/12 11:29, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>> On 11.02.2012 11:14, John Hughes wrote:
>>> Package: grub-pc
>>> Version: 1.99-14
>>> Severity: important
>>> Tags: d-i
>>>
>>>
>>> /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: no such disk /dev/md126p5
>> This looks like fakeraid rather than a honest software raid. You need to
>> manually add it to device.map.
>
> The difference is rather blurred now that it's mdadm that's handling
> it rather than the old dm-raid.
>
This is exactly the problem. GRUB can't distinguish between the both. Do
you know an ioctl, or at very least a command to distinguish them?
Also honest raid doesn't try to scam you into believing that it's a
hardware raid.
> I'll try adding it to the map by hand.
>
> Which seems to work.
>
>


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


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