Here's a patch, and then we just need a new debconf template
partman-ext3/boot_not_bootable
Index: ext2_or_ext3_boot
===================================================================
--- ext2_or_ext3_boot (revision 55526)
+++ ext2_or_ext3_boot (working copy)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
#!/bin/sh
-# Check that the boot partition is the 1st (primary) partition and that
-# it is of type ext2 or ext3.
+# Check that the boot partition is the 1st (primary) partition, that
+# it is of type ext2 or ext3, and that it is marked as bootable.
machine=$(grep "^Hardware" /proc/cpuinfo | sed 's/Hardware\s*:\s*//') || true
case "$machine" in
@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@
root_fs=$filesystem
root_type=$type
root_path=$path
+ if [ -f $id/bootable ]; then
+ root_bootable=yes
+ fi
elif [ "$mountpoint" = /boot ]; then
boot_fs=$filesystem
boot_type=$type
boot_path=$path
+ if [ -f $id/bootable ]; then
+ boot_bootable=yes
+ fi
fi
done
close_dialog
@@ -46,6 +52,7 @@
boot_fs=$root_fs
boot_type=$root_type
boot_path=$root_path
+ boot_bootable=$root_bootable
fi
# We need an ext2 r ext3 filesystem to boot
@@ -71,3 +78,14 @@
fi
fi
+# Make sure that the boot partition is marked as bootable
+if [ "$boot_bootable" != "yes" ]; then
+ db_set partman-ext3/boot_not_bootable true
+ db_input critical partman-ext3/boot_not_bootable || true
+ db_go || true
+ db_get partman-ext3/boot_not_bootable
+ if [ "$RET" = true ]; then
+ exit 1
+ fi
+fi
+
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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