From 9866d703953a06ef1cc2e97ca87273fb7fcb1ac8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremie Koenig Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:41:52 +0200 Subject: hurd d-i: roadmap update (grub-probe, "no kernel") --- user/jkoenig.mdwn | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/user/jkoenig.mdwn b/user/jkoenig.mdwn index 4a124476..fd02c328 100644 --- a/user/jkoenig.mdwn +++ b/user/jkoenig.mdwn @@ -183,6 +183,17 @@ installer kindof works, with documented manual intervention required** so that the mirror is authenticated in the target system as well. (2010-07-12) +* Fix grub for user-space partitions (expected 2010-07-12) + * Currently, when using user-space partitions, + grub-probe detects the whole device rather than the partition + as the device behind /boot/grub. + Consequently, grub-install fails. + * One approach would be to replace /dev/hd* by kernel devices + for file systems as well as for swap partitions. + * On the other hand, grub-probe will need to be fixed + sooner or later for user-space partition support, + and parsing the fsysopts would possibly be an option. + * **d-i/installer/build**: (expected 2010-07-12) * publish the patch I use * sort out the changes suitable for inclusion @@ -207,6 +218,8 @@ installer works but it's still somewhat ugly and broken** * Maybe settrans could be made to accept -o/--owner and -p/--perm, to set the permissions for the underlying node? +* Silence the "no kernel" warning somehow. + * Prepare a NMU for genext2fs (which is orphaned), and ask youpi to sponsor the upload. -- cgit v1.2.3