address@hidden: Bug#102811: grub: cannot access newer ext2 filesystems]

[Jason Thomas]

can anyone confirm if this is a known bug in older version of grub which
has been fixed in newer version.

Thanks.

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> From: Robert Millan <address@hidden>
> Reply-To: Robert Millan <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Bug#102811: grub: cannot access newer ext2 filesystems
> X-Debian-PR-Message: report 102811
> X-Debian-PR-Package: grub
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> 
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.5.93.1
> Severity: important
> 
> Actual version of grub is unable to access newer ext2 filesystems created by 
> the potato installation program.
> 
> On such program, user is asked something like "Do you want to retain linux 
> 2.0 compatibility?" when creating a new ext2 fs.
> 
> I'm not completely sure, but i believe filesystems created by saying "No" to 
> that question don't work with Grub because it uses
> code similar to the one in linux 2.0.
> 
> Note that i've installed a newer version from the upstream sources and it 
> works properly.
> 
> I'd suggest to either remove Grub from the stable distribution or, if 
> 'testing' Grub works ok,  move it from 'testing' to 'stable'.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: 2.2
> Kernel Version: Linux aragorn 2.2.18pre21 #1 Sat Nov 18 18:47:15 EST 2000 
> i586 unknown
> 
> Versions of the packages grub depends on:
> ii  libc6          2.1.3-18       GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
> ii  libncurses4    4.2-9          Shared libraries for terminal handling
> 
> 
> --
> Robert Millan                Debian GNU user
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> 

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