[bug #19501] grub-install fails to install GRUB in MBR on Compaq/HP SmartArray logical disks

[Raphaël Pinson]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?19501>

                 Summary: grub-install fails to install GRUB in MBR on
Compaq/HP SmartArray logical disks
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: raphink
            Submitted on: mardi 03.04.2007 à 15:18
                Category: Installation
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Raphaël Pinson
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 0.97
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: 

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Details:

When using grub-install to install GRUB in the MBR on Compaq/HP SmartArray
logical disks, the installation fails.

This is due to an erratic detection of the partition number when none is
given. 

SmartArray logical disks are numbered /dev/c\dd\ (e.g. /dev/c0d0) and each of
their partitions is numbered p\d (e.g. /dev/c0d0p1) and grub-install uses the
following sed regexp to get the partition number : 's%.*c[0-7]d[0-9]*p\?%%'.

When GRUB is to be installed in the MBR, there is no "p" in the end of the
device name though. 

Attached is a patch to fix the issue. Thank you for including it.


Regards,

Raphaël Pinson




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Date: mardi 03.04.2007 à 15:18  Name: grub-install.diff  Size: 445 o   By:
raphink

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