[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-10-05 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub - 0.97-29ubuntu60.10.10.2 --- grub (0.97-29ubuntu60.10.10.2) maverick-proposed; urgency=low * Work around LP #684875: detect /dev/sd* devices with major number 202, which are really /dev/xvd* devices in disguise, and don't use UUIDs for

Re: [Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-10-03 Thread Ruben
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[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-10-03 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub - 0.97-29ubuntu61.1 --- grub (0.97-29ubuntu61.1) natty-proposed; urgency=low * Backport from Debian 0.97-39 (LP: #720558): - Support for Xen style xvd[a-z] devices. Thanks Ian Campbell. (Closes: #456776) * Don't use UUIDs for expre

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-10-03 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub - 0.97-29ubuntu60.10.04.1 --- grub (0.97-29ubuntu60.10.04.1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low * Backport from Debian 0.97-39 (LP: #720558): - Support for Xen style xvd[a-z] devices. Thanks Ian Campbell. (Closes: #456776) * Don't use UUI

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-30 Thread Colin Watson
I've run the same pair of Xen and non-Xen tests against this new grub package in Maverick, and both now pass. Phew. ** Tags removed: verification-done-lucid verification-done-natty verification-needed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-27 Thread Martin Pitt
Thanks Colin. I accepted the new grub into maverick-proposed. ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu Maverick) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed ** Tags removed: verification-failed-maverick -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubu

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-27 Thread Colin Watson
I've uploaded a workaround. I can test again once this has been reviewed. ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu Maverick) Status: Fix Committed => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-27 Thread Colin Watson
This failure appears to be due to bug 684875. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/720558 Title: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub To manage notifications about

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-27 Thread Colin Watson
For some reason, with Maverick, the block devices are called sd* rather than xvd*. This means GRUB has no good way to tell that they're Xen block devices and act differently. I think we'll need to fix this. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-27 Thread Colin Watson
Maverick works fine in the non-Xen case, but in Xen I get this on reboot: Booting 'Ubuntu 10.10, kernel 2.6.35-30-generic' kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-30-generic root=UUID=29dbda9e-3124-4b7c-b8ee-c7e9e 9ce6694 ro quiet splash Error 21: Selected disk does not exist Press any key to continue..

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-27 Thread Colin Watson
I've done the same pair of tests with Natty, and both now pass. ** Tags added: verification-done-natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/720558 Title: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires gr

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-27 Thread Martin Pitt
Thanks for testing! Marking lucid as verified. ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/720558 Title: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires g

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-27 Thread Colin Watson
A non-Xen installation of Lucid with grub- installer/grub2_instead_of_grub_legacy=false apt-setup/proposed=true (I applied both of those to the Xen test as well, just forgot to mention the first one) still works fine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-26 Thread Colin Watson
I can confirm that a Xen installation of Lucid with apt- setup/proposed=true now works flawlessly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/720558 Title: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot=

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-26 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Paul, or anyone else affected, Accepted grub into natty-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance! ** Ch

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-26 Thread Martin Pitt
Hello Paul, or anyone else affected, Accepted grub into maverick-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance! **

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Colin Watson
** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu Lucid) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu Maverick) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu Natty) Status: Triaged => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Colin Watson
** Description changed: + Stable update justification: + + Impact: Part of a set of bugs rendering it impossible to install any Ubuntu release from Lucid onwards as a Xen guest using d-i. (The others are bug 857548 and bug 857662, which affect only Natty and Oneiric.) + Development branch: Fix

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/grub/lucid-proposed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/720558 Title: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub To manage notific

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
This bug was fixed in the package grub - 0.97-29ubuntu63 --- grub (0.97-29ubuntu63) oneiric; urgency=low * Handle comparisons involving two-digit kernel versions (LP: #809401). * Backport from Debian 0.97-39 (LP: #720558): - Support for Xen style xvd[a-z] devices. Thanks Ian

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Colin Watson
** Also affects: grub (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu Lucid) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: grub (Ubuntu Maverick) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/grub/ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/720558 Title: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub To manage notifications a

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Colin Watson
I have managed to make this work without any grub-installer changes. ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Importance: High => Undecided ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, wh

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Colin Watson
Ah, this is because Ubuntu doesn't yet have the patch that uses grub- probe to convert device names to GRUB drive names, so that function needs to be patched as well. Iterating again ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Colin Watson
After cherry-picking the relevant patch from Debian (unrelated to the above comment - sorry, of course this is grub not grub2), I now get: # grub-install --no-floppy /dev/xvda You shouldn't call /sbin/grub-install. Please call /usr/sbin/grub-install instead! Probing devices to guess BIOS drives.

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Colin Watson
** Package changed: grub2 (Ubuntu) => grub (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/720558 Title: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub To manage notifications

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-09-23 Thread Colin Watson
I'm investigating this and trying to determine whether a fix in grub2 is sufficient or whether it needs a fix in grub-installer as well. I expect that the grub2 part of this is bug 623609, so I may end up marking this bug as a duplicate of that after further investigation. ** Package changed: deb

[Bug 720558] Re: Ubuntu 10.04 currently requires groot= workaround with pvgrub

2011-02-17 Thread Paul Sladen
** Description changed: Binary package hint: debian-installer Forwarded from a kind source outside; this was found and documented (for their customers) by a Xen-based hosting company: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS does not install out-of-the-box with default settings on (virtual) machine requi