On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 04:10:25PM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > I'm not so sure about this, but it was necessary on my > machine. > > For some reason (correct or not I don't know), 'grub-probe -t device /' > returns TWO entries: > > /dev/sda1 > /dev/sdb1 > > This on a ZFS filesystem, where those two are a mirror. > > pool: system > state: ONLINE > scan: none requested > config: > > NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM > system ONLINE 0 0 0 > mirror-0 ONLINE 0 0 0 > sda1 ONLINE 0 0 0 > sdb1 ONLINE 0 0 0 > > errors: No known data errors > > > > The following changes since commit f9ede57c83544587c8f28cb6c846674759281dbb: > > releasing version 1.60+squeeze3 (2011-09-26 21:02:53 +0000) > > are available in the git repository at: > https://github.com/FransUrbo/debian-grub-installer master > > Turbo Fredriksson (1): > Make sure that 'grub-probe -t device XXX' only takes the first entry > if there's multiple (as if a mirror etc). > > debian/changelog | 7 +++++++ > grub-installer | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > -- > Choose a job you love, and you will never have > to work a day in your life.
If they are a software mirror (as zfs would be), you DO want grub to install to both devices so that you can still boot if one fails. So I would say what you did is totally wrong. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130515141828.gd21...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
