tags 239111 patch
thanks
Hi,
Please could you try the attached patch, and confirm that it works? Thanks
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Robert Millan
The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and
how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
diff -ur grub-0.97/util/grub-install.in grub-0.97.new/util/grub-install.in
--- grub-0.97/util/grub-install.in 2004-07-24 20:57:31.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-0.97.new/util/grub-install.in 2009-01-13 12:18:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -450,6 +450,17 @@
# Create a safe temporary file.
test -n "$mklog" && log_file=`$mklog`
+# GRUB will try to verify that stage2 is accessible using its own
+# filesystem drivers. Make sure it's committed to disk.
+sync
+
+# On XFS, sync() is not enough.
+if [ `grub-probe -t fs ${grubdir}` = "xfs" ] ; then
+ xfs_freeze -f ${grubdir} && xfs_freeze -u ${grubdir}
+ # We don't have set -e. If xfs_freeze failed, it's worth trying anyway,
+ # maybe we're lucky.
+fi
+
# Now perform the installation.
$grub_shell --batch $no_floppy --device-map=$device_map <<EOF >$log_file
root $root_drive
