[bug #39688] error: sparse file not allowed

[Chuck Rogers]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?39688>

                 Summary: error: sparse file not allowed
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: kingdude
            Submitted on: Sun 04 Aug 2013 04:53:45 AM GMT
                Category: Booting
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: KingDude
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Operating System: Ubuntu 13.10 (Development Release) x64
CPU Architecture: amd64
File System: Btrfs

After selecting Ubuntu in the Grub boot menu, a screen pops up saying "error:
sparse file not allowed. Press any key to continue..." Afterwards, the
operating system seems to perform normally.

This error seems to be exclusive to the Btrfs file system, as it rarely (if at
all) happens with Ext4.

There is also an Ubuntu Forum thread discussing this bug.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2165005

NOTE: In the release option I selected "Other" because I cannot remember which
version of Grub Ubuntu 13.10 uses.




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