Hi Colin, On my side, after upgrading, grub-probe consistently returns "ext2" even on or within lv mountpoints.
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:05:25PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > forcemerge 550704 587335 > thanks > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 06:14:03PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote: > > I must say I don't understand what grub-probe is supposed to do/return, > > the manpage is awfully terse. > > > > On my lvm-based machine (non-encrypted), it gives the same error message > > for lv mountpoints, and for /boot and / just returns "ext2" (despite > > / being a lv too) - I thought it was supposed to return a device > > name of some sort, but it appears not. > > That depends on what argument you give to --target ... > > > Despite this, the upgrade on this machine does work. > > > > In short, it is very possible that you are hit by a bug in grub, so I > > reassign this report. > > Neither of you mention which version of grub-common you have installed. > However, it sounds like you're both being hit by #550704, and that Jö > may be being hit by #542165 as well. Both are fixed in any version from > 1.98+20100614-1 on, so please upgrade to the latest grub-common in > unstable and let me know if that fixes things. > > I'll merge this with #550704 for the meantime. > > Thanks, > > -- > Colin Watson [cjwat...@debian.org] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org