Re: Grub XFS normal.mod not found error

[Lidong Chen]

Hello,

Jon DeVree upstream posted a new patch which may fix your issue. Maybe you can 
give it a try?


[PATCH] Fix XFS directory extent 
parsing
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Thanks,
Lidong

On Jul 13, 2023, at 11:06 AM, TechXero  wrote:

Hello

Thanks for the reply, version of xfsprogs that was used was latest
available on Arch repos at the time, 6.3.0-2 ...

Hi, Adding Lidong and Marta... Steve, thank you for the report. Could you tell 
us which version of the XFS tools, xfsprogs package, did you use to create this 
filesystem?  * Unmodded original :  * 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://xerolinux.xyz/iso/dev/xerolinux-oem.iso__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!OjDqSYNpRrwEbZ47o-12509_fjmExyTBpCNA-LmSw3jkgsBynAHA3fo0zdFpsYhwM2CrQg8-BRylt7oi$
* Modded ISO :  * 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://xerolinux.xyz/iso/dev/xerolinux-modded.iso__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!OjDqSYNpRrwEbZ47o-12509_fjmExyTBpCNA-LmSw3jkgsBynAHA3fo0zdFpsYhwM2CrQg8-BZxRRfEN$
Distro Base : ArchLinux Lidong, could you take a look at this issue?

Re: Grub XFS normal.mod not found error

[Daniel Kiper]

Vacation time, sorry for late reply...

Adding Lidong...

On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 09:27:33AM +, Steve wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Last reply from you guys was on the 13th, and we have yet to see issue
> addressed. I, as a Distro maintainer, had to create a new repo where I held
> grub back to r499 as a result of this, not really ideal now is it ?
>
> Kindly update us on the situation and ETA for fix..

Lidong is working on the fix. It will be a part of the upcoming GRUB release...

Daniel

Re: Grub XFS normal.mod not found error

[Lidong Chen]

Hi,
I will take a look at the issue.

Lidong


> On Jul 13, 2023, at 11:03 AM, Daniel Kiper  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Adding Lidong and Marta...
> 
> Steve, thank you for the report.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 03:05:34PM +0300, TechXero wrote:
>> Hello
>> 
>> Sorry for posting this again there was a formatting issue (Whitext/White bg)
>> 
>> I found a strange issue with XFS filesystem when used for `/boot`. Out of
> 
> Could you tell us which version of the XFS tools, xfsprogs package, did
> you use to create this filesystem?
> 
>> <100%> it fails to install grub with the Calamares installer. However when 
>> the
>> commit ef7850c757fb3dd2462a512cfa0ff19c89fcc0b1 (fs/xfs: Fix issues found 
>> while
>> fuzzing the XFS filesystem) gets reverted installing on XFS `/boot` works. 
>> You
>> can reproduce it 100% with this ISO and a positive result is possible with 
>> that
>> ISO. Also not that installing it locally sometimes fails also but not so 
>> often
>> 
>> Here are the ISOs same exact ISO only difference is one is using modded Grub
>> with commit reverted and the other unmodded grub from upstream...
>> 
>>* Unmodded original :
>>* https://xerolinux.xyz/iso/dev/xerolinux-oem.iso
>> 
>>* Modded ISO :
>>* https://xerolinux.xyz/iso/dev/xerolinux-modded.iso
>> 
>> Distro Base : ArchLinux
> 
> Lidong, could you take a look at this issue?
> 
> Daniel

Re: Grub XFS normal.mod not found error

[Daniel Kiper]

Hi,

Adding Lidong and Marta...

Steve, thank you for the report.

On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 03:05:34PM +0300, TechXero wrote:
> Hello
>
> Sorry for posting this again there was a formatting issue (Whitext/White bg)
>
> I found a strange issue with XFS filesystem when used for `/boot`. Out of

Could you tell us which version of the XFS tools, xfsprogs package, did
you use to create this filesystem?

> <100%> it fails to install grub with the Calamares installer. However when the
> commit ef7850c757fb3dd2462a512cfa0ff19c89fcc0b1 (fs/xfs: Fix issues found 
> while
> fuzzing the XFS filesystem) gets reverted installing on XFS `/boot` works. You
> can reproduce it 100% with this ISO and a positive result is possible with 
> that
> ISO. Also not that installing it locally sometimes fails also but not so often
>
> Here are the ISOs same exact ISO only difference is one is using modded Grub
> with commit reverted and the other unmodded grub from upstream...
>
> * Unmodded original :
> * https://xerolinux.xyz/iso/dev/xerolinux-oem.iso
>
> * Modded ISO :
> * https://xerolinux.xyz/iso/dev/xerolinux-modded.iso
>
> Distro Base : ArchLinux

Lidong, could you take a look at this issue?

Daniel