Re: [Devil-linux-develop] DL-1.4RC1-2009-05-12 Grub Installation on USB mounted Flash Card issue and workaround

[roy b. <roy...@ya...>]

Hi,

I just wondered, as no-one has replied, if I am the one one with this issue?

Many Thanks
Roy.

PS Hope sending a reply to my own mail is acceptable :-)


--- On Thu, 14/5/09, roy barnard <roy...@ya...> wrote:

> From: roy barnard <roy...@ya...>
> Subject: [Devil-linux-develop] DL-1.4RC1-2009-05-12 Grub Installation on USB mounted Flash Card issue and workaround
> To: dev...@li...
> Date: Thursday, 14 May, 2009, 6:06 PM
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have been having grub installation issues with the 1.3.7
> and 1.4 Release streams.  I have just reproduced the
> same issue with 1.4RC1-2009-05-12.
> 
> What I have established is that the 'install-on-usb' script
> when used to install to a Flash Card accessed via a /dev/sda
> (or as applicable), the script calls grub using a shell
> script variable:
> 
>  
>    grub_shell=$TMPDIR/iso-mnt/sbin/grub
> 
> This gives (dependant on DL release) one of two types of
> error either grub crashes or the grub fails to install
> properbly complaining about a device mapping and/or LVM
> issue.
> 
> The system being used to install DL onto the flash Card
> is:
> 
> CentOS release 4.4 (Final)
> With Kernal 2.6.9-42.0.8 #1 SMP i686 i386 
> IDE HardDisk (Non-SCSI system) installed without LVM
> configured.
> 
> My workaround for this issue is to change the
> 'install-on-usb' line from the above to the following:
>      grub_shell=/sbin/grub
> 
> I believe that this means that the Grub being installed is
> the one from CentOS NOT the Grub shipped as part of DL.
> 
> I appreciate that this is not a good long term fix but it
> is allowing me to roll out 20 Internal OpenVPN Firewalls
> using Devil Linux 1.4RC1 :-)
> 
> I am willing to do any testing you might need in providing
> a better solution, but I am happy with my current
> <strikeout>fudge</strikeout> workaround shown
> here.
> 
> I would be interested if anyone else has found similar
> issues and any better fixes for this grub issue.
> 
> Thanks for all the good work
> 
> Roy Barnard
> 
> 
> 
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