Hi folks,
About 2 years ago somebody posted a patch to add LVM support
for Linux to grub (0.92, see bug #977). I don't know why it
wasn't included in the CVS tree. Obviously such an extension
would be _very_ helpfull.
Anyway, today the patch seems to be removed from the mailing
list archive. Is
Harald Dunkel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
About 2 years ago somebody posted a patch to add LVM support
for Linux to grub (0.92, see bug #977). I don't know why it
wasn't included in the CVS tree. Obviously such an extension
would be _very_ helpfull.
Anyway, today the patch seems to be removed
[ CCing to the author of the patch mentioned below, Eric Shattow ]
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 02:46:07PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
Hi folks,
About 2 years ago somebody posted a patch to add LVM support
for Linux to grub (0.92, see bug #977). I don't know why it
wasn't included in the CVS
Hi.
I want to install grub into a bootimage/floppyimage, but the way it
works with grub 0.92 doesn't work with grub 0.94. What can I do?
The old way:
bash# losetup /dev/loop0 floppyimage
bash# mv /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0-orig
bash# ln -s /dev/loop0 /dev/fd0
bash# grub
grub root (fd0)
grubinstall
Tobias Wollgam [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi.
I want to install grub into a bootimage/floppyimage, but the way it
works with grub 0.92 doesn't work with grub 0.94. What can I do?
The old way:
bash# losetup /dev/loop0 floppyimage
bash# mv /dev/fd0 /dev/fd0-orig
bash# ln -s /dev/loop0
Regarding the LVM patch...
I did not write it. I merely updated an existing patch to compile
against a known version of GRUB.
I tested it for LVM1/2, but it only works if the PV is made out of msdos
label partitions (due to a limitation in GRUB code I think).
Additionally, GRUB overwrites
I have a problem with device mapping with 0.95+cvs20040624-8 on debian
sarge, whether stage1 is located in the HD MBR or on a grub boot
floppy. I'd like to create a clean boot floppy as a first step.
I have three scsi disks. The sda (sarge, kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4), which
can also boot sdb (RedHat
