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Re: [patch] grub incorrectly identifies ext3 as fat
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Robert Millan |
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Re: [patch] grub incorrectly identifies ext3 as fat |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:14:35 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) |
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 08:15:56PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 02:43:19PM -0400, Andrew Clausen wrote:
> > > Or we can attempt to read a given file when we expect it's there. For
> > > example, if we're looking for /boot/grub/, we can tell "/boot/grub" to the
> > > filesystem layer, so that it will require it as a precondition.
> >
> > I can see that that would work will for some use cases...
>
> Most importantly, it's a net win. If we know a file is there, there's no
> harm in requiring that the filesystem driver is capable of reading it.
>
> It's a pity, because we already had this check, and we were forced to
> disable it. Would you like to help us restore it? I can give more details.
Btw, the grub-probe check has just been reenabled in our experimental
branch (see http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-2-download.en.html).
Perhaps you could test it and report if it fixes your problem?
--
Robert Millan
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