Re: [Fwd: Re: Bug#495949: grub-common: grub-probe segfaults]

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 04:33:44PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> +  else
> +    {
> +      grub_util_warn ("Embedding on partition type %s is unsupported",
> +                   dest_partmap);
>        goto unable_to_embed;
>      }

This extends blocklist support for label types other than MSDOS or GPT,
which aren't designed with BIOS-based boot in mind.

I think we should refuse to install on them, unless there's a compelling
reason to support those.

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Robert Millan

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