Hello,
I found a bug with GNU Grub v0.5.96.1 when running under Linux v2.4.3 with
devfs support. This only happens when running the Grub shell under Linux.
To recreate enter the GRUB shell and enter the commands:
root (hd0,2)
setup (hd0,2)
(Replace the disk/partition with whatever is appropriate). After the root
command the program will respond with the fstype. This is correctly
recognized. However the setup command fails with:
Error 22: No such partition
The problem can be traced to the file lib/device.c, line 617, function
write_to_partition. It looks like a strcat is used when a strcpy should
have been more apppropriate.
The diff output is as follows:
--- device.c~ Mon Oct 16 16:41:54 2000
+++ device.c Mon May 14 03:19:58 2001
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
if (have_devfs ())
{
if (strcmp (dev + strlen(dev) - 5, "/disc") == 0)
- strcat (dev + strlen(dev) - 5, "/part");
+ strcpy (dev + strlen(dev) - 5, "/part");
}
sprintf (dev + strlen(dev), "%d", ((partition >> 16) & 0xFF) + 1);
The reason why the original doesn't work is that devfs creates a file
/dev/discs/disc0/disc for the disc and /dev/discs/disc0/partN for the
partitions. So the disc should be replaced with part not appended as it is
being done now.
My regards, and thanks for writing a well done piece of software. (It has
been working great for me until I switched on devfs)
Alejandro Liu
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prins Hendrikplein 52 +31 (70) 317 6437
2264SN Leidschendam
The Netherlands
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