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grub2 package

add ext4 support

Bug #294763 reported by Matteo Croce on 2008-11-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #293465: support installation on and boot from ext4. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	grub2 (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub-pc

Please pull the latest grub-pc package from Debian so it supports ext4

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/karmic/grub2

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2008-11-17:

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This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu1

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grub2 (1.96+20080724-12ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian Unstable (LP: #298872, LP: #256578).
    Remaining Ubuntu changes:
    + debian/control:
      - Depend on rather than Suggest os-prober; Ubuntu version does not
        suffer from the mount problem that prevents Debian from marking this
       Depends.
    + debian/default/grub
      - Adjust for default Ubuntu boot options.
      - Use new GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT option to set "quiet splash" for
        default items only. These options won't be set in single user mode.
    + debian/patches/03_ubuntu_grub_standards
      - Remove GNU/Linux from default string.
  * New upstream snapshot includes ext4 extents support (LP: #294763)
  * Debian patch 02_dpkg_version_comparison.diff fixes kernel ordering
    (LP: #215513)
  * debian/patches/04_uuids_and_abstraction_dont_play_along_nicely:
    + Drop. Ubuntu's mdadm and lvm properly populate /dev/disk/by-uuid, so
      this workaround is unnecessary.
  * debian/changelog:
    + Drop duplicated 1.96+20080203-1ubuntu2 and 1.96+20080203-1ubuntu1
      entries. We only really need them in there once!
  * Drop debian/patches/04_convert_root_uuid:
    - GRUB2 upstream now uses UUIDs when possible.

grub2 (1.96+20080724-12) unstable; urgency=high

  [ Updated translations ]
  * Italian (it.po) by Luca Monducci. (Closes: #504076)
  * Swedish (sv.po) by Martin Ågren. (Closes: #504207)
  * Arabic (ar.po) by Ossama Khayat. (Closes: #504254)
  * Portuguese (pt.po) by Miguel Figueiredo. (Closes: #504280)
  * Russian (ru.po) by Yuri Kozlov. (Closes: #504324)
  * Finnish (fi.po) by Esko Arajärvi. (Closes: #504310)
  * Basque (eu.po) by Piarres Beobide. (Closes: #504466)
  * Dutch (nl.po) by Paul Gevers. (Closes: #504683)

  [ Robert Millan ]
  * Update to new debian theme.
    - grub-pc.postinst: Switch to moreblue-orbit-grub.png.
    - grub.d/05_debian_theme: Likewise.

grub2 (1.96+20080724-11) unstable; urgency=high

  [ Felix Zielcke ]
  * patches/00_trailing_slash.diff: New patch to remove the trailing slash on
    grub prefix to avoid a double slash, which is a problem for JFS.
    (Closes: #500112)
  * patches/00_lvm_circular_metadata.diff: New patch to handle circular LVM
    metadata. (Closes: #462835, #502953)
  * Make grub-pc/linux_cmdline debconf template translatable. (Closes #503478).

  [ Robert Millan ]
  * Fix NULL dereference and failure paths in LVM. Thanks Guillem Jover.
    (Closes: #500482)
    - patches/11_lvm-Fix-possible-NULL-value-handling.diff
    - patches/12_lvm-Fix-error-recovery-by-only-adding-objects-when.diff

  [ Updated translations ]
  * Dutch (nl.po) by Paul Gevers. (Closes: #500514)
  * French (fr.po) by Christian Perrier. (Closes: #503708)
  * Georgian (ka.po) by Aiet Kolkhi. (Closes: #503715)
  * Czech (cs.po) by Miroslav Kure. (Closes: #503809)
  * German (de.po) by Helge Kreutzmann. (Closes: #503841)
  * Japanese (ja.po) by Hideki Yamane. (Closes: #503869)

grub2 (1.96+20080724-10) unstable; urgency=high

* patches/03_disable_floppies.diff: Free .drive struct member when skipping
floppy drives. (Closes...

This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 1.96+20080724-12ubuntu1

---------------
grub2 (1.96+20080724-12ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

* Merge from Debian Unstable (LP: #298872, LP: #256578).
    Remaining Ubuntu changes:
    + debian/control:
      - Depend on rather than Suggest os-prober; Ubuntu version does not
        suffer from the mount problem that prevents Debian from marking this
      	Depends.
    + debian/default/grub
      - Adjust for default Ubuntu boot options.
      - Use new GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT option to set "quiet splash" for
        default items only.  These options won't be set in single user mode.
    + debian/patches/03_ubuntu_grub_standards
      - Remove GNU/Linux from default string.
  * New upstream snapshot includes ext4 extents support (LP: #294763)
  * Debian patch 02_dpkg_version_comparison.diff fixes kernel ordering
    (LP: #215513)
  * debian/patches/04_uuids_and_abstraction_dont_play_along_nicely:
    + Drop.  Ubuntu's mdadm and lvm properly populate /dev/disk/by-uuid, so
      this workaround is unnecessary.
  * debian/changelog:
    + Drop duplicated 1.96+20080203-1ubuntu2 and 1.96+20080203-1ubuntu1
      entries.  We only really need them in there once!
  * Drop debian/patches/04_convert_root_uuid:
    - GRUB2 upstream now uses UUIDs when possible.

grub2 (1.96+20080724-12) unstable; urgency=high

[ Robert Millan ]
  * Update to new debian theme.
    - grub-pc.postinst: Switch to moreblue-orbit-grub.png.
    - grub.d/05_debian_theme: Likewise.

grub2 (1.96+20080724-11) unstable; urgency=high

[ Robert Millan ]
  * Fix NULL dereference and failure paths in LVM.  Thanks Guillem Jover.
    (Closes: #500482)
    - patches/11_lvm-Fix-possible-NULL-value-handling.diff
    - patches/12_lvm-Fix-error-recovery-by-only-adding-objects-when.diff

grub2 (1.96+20080724-10) unstable; urgency=high

* patches/03_disable_floppies.diff: Free .drive struct member when skipping
    floppy drives.  (Closes: #496040)
  * patches/902_boot_blocklist_hack.diff: Support separate /boot when using
    blocklists.  (Closes: #496820, #489287, #494589)
  * patches/00_ntfs_insensitive.diff: They say NTFS is an insensitive fool.
    It must be true! (use case insensitive match in NTFS) (Closes: #497889)

grub2 (1.96+20080724-9) unstable; urgency=high

[ Felix Zielcke ]
  * Remove build-depency of unifont-bin and bump version of unifont to
    (>= 1:5.1.20080820-1), this avoids licensing problems (Closes: #496061)
  * patches/00_skip_dev_leading_dot.diff: Add patch from Robert to skip
    all devices which start with a dot not just directories (Closes: #486624)
  * Fix a bit the changelog entry from me of previous version
    - Colon missing on `Closes' for #494383.
    - #464215 was on wrong line, it's about LVM dash problem not /dev/md/N.
    - Align to 80 chars.
  * patches/02_mdraid_sb_raid_disks.diff: Use raid_disks field of the mdraid
    superblock instead of nr_disks (Closes: #496573)

[ Robert Millan ]
  * Detect when grub-setup leaves core.img in filesystem, and include that
    info in bug report templates.
    - debian/patches/08_core_in_fs.diff
    - debian/script
  * Remove a red herring error message so that the real errors are displayed
    (does not fix, but problem can be seen in #496040)
    - debian/patches/00_kern_device_red_herring.diff

grub2 (1.96+20080724-8) unstable; urgency=high

[ Felix Zielcke ]
  * patches/00_fix_raid0.diff: Fix a `small' incorrect calculation for raid 0.
  * patches/09_handle_md_slash_N.diff: Add support for /dev/md/N style mdraid
    devices. (Closes: #475585)
  * patches/10_handle_lvm_dash_escaping.diff: LVM escapes a dash with a dash
    and GRUB doestn't like that, so remove the double dashes. (Closes: #494383,
    #464215)

[ Robert Millan ]
  * Handle errors in RAID/LVM scan routine (rather than letting the upper
    layer cope with them).  (Closes: #494501, #495049)
    - debian/patches/00_raid_lvm_error_handling.diff: Fix the actual problem.
    - debian/patches/00_grub_print_error.diff: Fix a bug exposed by
      00_raid_lvm_error_handling.diff.

grub2 (1.96+20080724-7) unstable; urgency=high

* Make build-dependency on unifont-bin versioned (<< 1:5.1.20080706-1)
    (or unifont >= 1:5.1.20080808-2) to avoid being hit by #494473.
    (Closes: #494460)
  * patches/02_dpkg_version_comparison.diff: Replace with
    patches/901_dpkg_version_comparison.diff (new patch), based on the
    implementation in grub 0.97-46.  (Closes: #494158)

grub2 (1.96+20080724-6) unstable; urgency=high

* patches/02_old_linux_version_comparison.diff: Replace with ...
  * patches/02_dpkg_version_comparison.diff: ... this.
    Use dpkg --compare-versions in update-grub. (Closes: #494158)
  * fixed 2 double slashes in the spanish translation (es.po) (Closes: #493744)

grub2 (1.96+20080724-5) unstable; urgency=high

[ Felix Zielcke ]
  * patches/00_getline.diff: Fix access to a pointer which has been free'd
    before in the configline parser from grub's menu (Closes: #493289)
  * patches/00_fix_double_prefix.diff: Fix double prefix with chainloading
    from grub-legacy (Closes: #487565)

[ Updated translations ]
  * Japanese (ja.po) by Hideki Yamane (Closes: #493347)

[ Robert Millan ]
  * patches/07_skip_invalid_bsd_parts.diff: Add patch from Felix to skip
    invalid/corrupt partitions gracefuly.  (Closes: #478238)

grub2 (1.96+20080724-4) unstable; urgency=high

* patches/00_fix_overflow.diff: fix overflow with a big grub.cfg.
    (Closes: #473543)

grub2 (1.96+20080724-3) unstable; urgency=low

[ Felix Zielcke ]
  * changed depency for debconf to also support debconf-2.0. (Closes: #492543)
  * patches/00_xfs.diff: Fix "out of partition" error with XFS.
    (Closes: #436943)

[ Robert Millan ]
  * patches/00_raid_duped_disks.diff: Do not abort when two RAID disks with
    the same number are found.  (Closes: #492656)
  * patches/00_strengthen_apple_partmap_check.diff: Be more strict when probing
    for Apple partition maps (this prevents false positives on i386-pc
    installs).  (Closes: #475718)

grub2 (1.96+20080724-2) unstable; urgency=high

[ Felix Zielcke ]
  * fixed lintian override for kernel.elf
  * debian/rules: changed cvs targets to use svn

[ Robert Millan ]
  * patches/00_skip_dev_dm.diff: Skip /dev/dm-[0-9] devices also (implicitly)
    for RAID.  (Closes: #491977)
  * patches/00_uuid_boot.diff: Fix cross-disk installs by using UUIDs.
    (Closes: #492204)

grub2 (1.96+20080724-1) unstable; urgency=high

* New SVN snapshot.
    - Support for ext4dev extents.
    - patches/00_speed_up_font_load.diff: Remove (merged).

[ Felix Zielcke ]
  * upgrade-from-grub-legacy now calls update-grub if grub.cfg doestn't exist
    and prints a big warning if it failed.
  * Update Standards version to 3.8.0. No changes need.
  * Added Build-Dep for po-debconf and a lintian override, to make it happy.

[ Updated translations ]
  * Swedish (sv.po) by Martin Ågren (Closes: #492056)

[ Robert Millan ]
  * Revert r844.  grub-coreboot is stuck on NEW, and it was too early
    for branching.

grub2 (1.96+20080717-1) experimental; urgency=low

* New SVN snapshot.
    - Provides LZMA support (not yet used in the package).
    - Fix grub-mkrescue manpage generation.  (Closes: #489440)

* Rename grub-linuxbios to grub-coreboot (and leave a dummy grub-linuxbios
    package to handle upgrades).

[ Updated translations ]
  * Spanish (es.po) by Maria Germana Oliveira Blazetic  (Closes: #489877)
  * Portuguese (pt.po) by Ricardo Silva  (Closes: #489807)

grub2 (1.96+20080704-2) unstable; urgency=high

* patches/02_old_linux_version_comparison.diff: Set interpreter to /bin/bash.
    (Closes: #489426, #489446)

grub2 (1.96+20080704-1) unstable; urgency=high

* New SVN snapshot.
  * default/grub: Add commented example to disable graphical terminal.
  * Use substvars to support linking with liblzo1.
  * Bring 03_disable_floppies.diff to pre-r805 state.  (Closes: #488375)
  * patches/02_old_linux_version_comparison.diff: New patch.  Steal version
    comparison code from GRUB Legacy's update-grub.  (Closes: #464086, #489133)
  * patches/00_speed_up_font_load.diff: New patch.  Generate font files with
    only the needed characters.  (Closes: #476479, #477083)

grub2 (1.96+20080626-1) unstable; urgency=high

* New CVS snapshot.
    - Avoids passing UUID to Linux when not using initrd.  (Closes: #484228)
    - patches/04_uuids_and_abstraction_dont_play_along_nicely.diff: Resync.

grub2 (1.96+20080621-1) unstable; urgency=high

* Urgency set to "high" because of #482688.
  * New CVS snapshot.
    - Fix module load hook in prepare_grub_to_access_device().
      (Closes: #486804)
    - Call prepare_grub_to_access_device() before accessing devices, never
      afterwards.  (Closes: #487198)
  * grub.d/05_debian_theme: Prefer /boot/grub over /usr for image
    loading, since chances are it's less LVMed.

grub2 (1.96+20080617-1) unstable; urgency=low

* New CVS snapshot.
    - Supports IDA block devices.  (Closes: #483858)
    - Fixes some problems in ext2/ext3.  (Closes: #485068, #485065)
    - Uses EUID instead of UID in update-grub.  (Closes: #486043, #486039,
      #486040, #486041).
    - Fixes incomplete I2O device support.  Thanks Sven Mueller.
      (Closes: #486505)
    - Fixes recent regressions in fs/ext2.c.  (Closes: #485279)
    - Only use UUIDs when requested device is not the same as the one
      providing /boot.  (Closes: #486119)
    - patches/02_libgcc_powerpc_hack.diff: Remove.  Probably not needed
      anymore.
    - patches/04_uuids_and_abstraction_dont_play_along_nicely.diff: Update.
  * patches/06_olpc_prefix_hack.diff: Hardcode prefix to (sd,1) on OLPC.
  * Refurbish 03_disable_floppy_support_in_util_biosdisk.diff into
    03_disable_floppies.diff.

grub2 (1.96+20080601-2) unstable; urgency=low

* 04_run_grub_mkdevicemap_when_grub_probe_fails.diff: Remove.  Argueably
    makes grub-probe unreliable and is quite annoying.
  * 04_uuids_and_abstraction_dont_play_along_nicely.diff: New patch.  Disable
    UUID parameter to Linux when LVM or dmRAID is in use.  (Closes: #484228)
    This is a workaround for bug #484297 in udev.

grub2 (1.96+20080601-1) unstable; urgency=low

* New CVS snapshot.
    - patches/06_backward_compat_in_uuid_support.diff: Merged.
    - Fixes NULL pointer dereference in biosdisk.c.  (Closes: #483895, #483900)
    - Extends UUID support for XFS and ReiserFS.

grub2 (1.96+20080531-1) unstable; urgency=low

* New CVS snapshot.
    - Work around BIOS bug affecting keyboard on macbooks.  (Closes: #482860)
    - Adjust grub.d/05_debian_theme to use the new UUID-compatible API.
    - default/grub: Add commented GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID variable.
    - patches/06_backward_compat_in_uuid_support.diff: New.  Make update-grub
      generate code that is compatible with older GRUB installs.
    - util/biosdisk.c no longer complains about duplicated device.map entries.
      (Closes: #481236)

[ Updated translations ]
  * Galician (gl.po) by Jacobo Tarrio  (Closes: #480977)

-- Christopher James Halse Rogers <raof@ubuntu.com>   Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:06:18 +1100

Changed in grub2:
status:	New → Fix Released

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Marques Johansson (marques) wrote on 2008-12-19:

Either this is not complete, or it is not complete for extents. grub-pc (1.96-20080724-12ubuntu1) saw my ext4 partition and was able to "ls" it, but it said that my initrd image was invalid (or corrupt) and it couldn't read the grub.cfg file either. Actually, it gave a parser error about the grub.cfg file and showed a line of HTML as the error. It clearly read the wrong file or block in both cases.

After creating a new ext3 /boot partition and copying the old /boot files there (and rerunning grub-install), I was able to boot.

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