[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29307126/Dependencies.txt -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401971 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
Might also be useful: # sudo grub-probe -d /dev/sda2 --verbose grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 7936000 gr

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
If grub-probe fails to detect it, then real grub probable won't work with it either. In the current version there's a bug with installing to FAT32 which actually could destroy the filesystem. It's fixed upstream since 2009-07-15, but there's not even a Debian upload which includes this yet. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
I just uploaded now a new version to Debian sid which contains this bugfix. But it's strange that grub-probe already failed to detect it as valid fat fs. Could you plesae attach a dump of first 512 bytes of it? You can get it with `sudo dd if=/dev/sda2 of=fat.bs count=1 bs=512'. It's in fat.bs the

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Mario Limonciello
Hi Felix: Thanks for tracking down this fix. I just compiled the new upload you put in debian on a karmic sbuild, formatted the partition and tried it all again. Works properly now. So as soon as karmic a3's soft freeze is up, can merge with you guys. -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat part

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-30 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1 --- grub2 (1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low * New upstream version. + Fixes offering Windows (LP: #402795) + Fixes Vista/Win7 fails to boot (LP: #402154) + Fixes installation onto VFAT (LP: #4019

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29307126/Dependencies.txt -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401971 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
Might also be useful: # sudo grub-probe -d /dev/sda2 --verbose grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 7936000 gr

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
If grub-probe fails to detect it, then real grub probable won't work with it either. In the current version there's a bug with installing to FAT32 which actually could destroy the filesystem. It's fixed upstream since 2009-07-15, but there's not even a Debian upload which includes this yet. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
I just uploaded now a new version to Debian sid which contains this bugfix. But it's strange that grub-probe already failed to detect it as valid fat fs. Could you plesae attach a dump of first 512 bytes of it? You can get it with `sudo dd if=/dev/sda2 of=fat.bs count=1 bs=512'. It's in fat.bs the

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Mario Limonciello
Hi Felix: Thanks for tracking down this fix. I just compiled the new upload you put in debian on a karmic sbuild, formatted the partition and tried it all again. Works properly now. So as soon as karmic a3's soft freeze is up, can merge with you guys. -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat part

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-30 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1 --- grub2 (1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low * New upstream version. + Fixes offering Windows (LP: #402795) + Fixes Vista/Win7 fails to boot (LP: #402154) + Fixes installation onto VFAT (LP: #4019

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-30 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1 --- grub2 (1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low * New upstream version. + Fixes offering Windows (LP: #402795) + Fixes Vista/Win7 fails to boot (LP: #402154) + Fixes installation onto VFAT (LP: #4019

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29307126/Dependencies.txt -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401971 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
Might also be useful: # sudo grub-probe -d /dev/sda2 --verbose grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 7936000 gr

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
If grub-probe fails to detect it, then real grub probable won't work with it either. In the current version there's a bug with installing to FAT32 which actually could destroy the filesystem. It's fixed upstream since 2009-07-15, but there's not even a Debian upload which includes this yet. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
I just uploaded now a new version to Debian sid which contains this bugfix. But it's strange that grub-probe already failed to detect it as valid fat fs. Could you plesae attach a dump of first 512 bytes of it? You can get it with `sudo dd if=/dev/sda2 of=fat.bs count=1 bs=512'. It's in fat.bs the

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Mario Limonciello
Hi Felix: Thanks for tracking down this fix. I just compiled the new upload you put in debian on a karmic sbuild, formatted the partition and tried it all again. Works properly now. So as soon as karmic a3's soft freeze is up, can merge with you guys. -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat part

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29307126/Dependencies.txt -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401971 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
Might also be useful: # sudo grub-probe -d /dev/sda2 --verbose grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 7936000 gr

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
If grub-probe fails to detect it, then real grub probable won't work with it either. In the current version there's a bug with installing to FAT32 which actually could destroy the filesystem. It's fixed upstream since 2009-07-15, but there's not even a Debian upload which includes this yet. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
I just uploaded now a new version to Debian sid which contains this bugfix. But it's strange that grub-probe already failed to detect it as valid fat fs. Could you plesae attach a dump of first 512 bytes of it? You can get it with `sudo dd if=/dev/sda2 of=fat.bs count=1 bs=512'. It's in fat.bs the

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Mario Limonciello
Hi Felix: Thanks for tracking down this fix. I just compiled the new upload you put in debian on a karmic sbuild, formatted the partition and tried it all again. Works properly now. So as soon as karmic a3's soft freeze is up, can merge with you guys. -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat part

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-30 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1 --- grub2 (1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low * New upstream version. + Fixes offering Windows (LP: #402795) + Fixes Vista/Win7 fails to boot (LP: #402154) + Fixes installation onto VFAT (LP: #4019

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29307126/Dependencies.txt -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401971 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
Might also be useful: # sudo grub-probe -d /dev/sda2 --verbose grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 7936000 gr

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
If grub-probe fails to detect it, then real grub probable won't work with it either. In the current version there's a bug with installing to FAT32 which actually could destroy the filesystem. It's fixed upstream since 2009-07-15, but there's not even a Debian upload which includes this yet. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
I just uploaded now a new version to Debian sid which contains this bugfix. But it's strange that grub-probe already failed to detect it as valid fat fs. Could you plesae attach a dump of first 512 bytes of it? You can get it with `sudo dd if=/dev/sda2 of=fat.bs count=1 bs=512'. It's in fat.bs the

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Mario Limonciello
Hi Felix: Thanks for tracking down this fix. I just compiled the new upload you put in debian on a karmic sbuild, formatted the partition and tried it all again. Works properly now. So as soon as karmic a3's soft freeze is up, can merge with you guys. -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat part

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-30 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1 --- grub2 (1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low * New upstream version. + Fixes offering Windows (LP: #402795) + Fixes Vista/Win7 fails to boot (LP: #402154) + Fixes installation onto VFAT (LP: #4019

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29307126/Dependencies.txt -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/401971 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-20 Thread Mario Limonciello
Might also be useful: # sudo grub-probe -d /dev/sda2 --verbose grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd0 is 625142448 grub-probe: info: the size of hd1 is 7936000 gr

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
If grub-probe fails to detect it, then real grub probable won't work with it either. In the current version there's a bug with installing to FAT32 which actually could destroy the filesystem. It's fixed upstream since 2009-07-15, but there's not even a Debian upload which includes this yet. --

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Felix Zielcke
I just uploaded now a new version to Debian sid which contains this bugfix. But it's strange that grub-probe already failed to detect it as valid fat fs. Could you plesae attach a dump of first 512 bytes of it? You can get it with `sudo dd if=/dev/sda2 of=fat.bs count=1 bs=512'. It's in fat.bs the

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-21 Thread Mario Limonciello
Hi Felix: Thanks for tracking down this fix. I just compiled the new upload you put in debian on a karmic sbuild, formatted the partition and tried it all again. Works properly now. So as soon as karmic a3's soft freeze is up, can merge with you guys. -- Unable to install grub2 onto vfat part

[Bug 401971] Re: Unable to install grub2 onto vfat partition

2009-07-30 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1 --- grub2 (1.96+20090725-1ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low * New upstream version. + Fixes offering Windows (LP: #402795) + Fixes Vista/Win7 fails to boot (LP: #402154) + Fixes installation onto VFAT (LP: #4019