Comment 62 for bug 1093918

tested - OK !

*when will it be available?*

there are only - as already mentioned some error messages a little "ugly" -
but it works

2014/1/9 Josef Hope <email address hidden>

> Ok i will test in next days
> Am 09.01.2014 17:53 schrieb "Phillip Susi" <email address hidden>:
>
> The backport to precise is still waiting for someone to test and verify
>> it, see comment #56.
>>
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>> Title:
>> grub-probe auto-detection fails on raid
>>
>> Status in “multipath-tools” package in Ubuntu:
>> Fix Released
>> Status in “multipath-tools” source package in Precise:
>> Fix Committed
>>
>> Bug description:
>> kpartx was mapping the entire extended partition then stacking the
>> logical partitions on that device. This exposes a device that
>> otherwise appears to be an entire disk device containing the logical
>> partitions, and this confuses grub. The extended partition is
>> supposed to only expose the first two sectors to allow LILO to be
>> installed.
>>
>> The patch has been applied upstream now, and since this is the only
>> change since quantal, a simple copy to quantal-updates should resolve
>> it there as well. I have done this in my ppa and the reporter has
>> verified it has fixed the issue.
>>
>> TEST CASE:
>>
>> Use fdisk to create an extended parition either on a fakeraid disk or
>> an LVM logical volume. Run kpartx -a /dev/mapper/whatever to activate
>> the partitions on the disk. Assuming the extended partition is number
>> 3, then sudo blockdev --getsz /dev/mapper/whatever3 will report the
>> apparent size of the extended partition. The size should only be 2
>> sectors regardless of the size of the extended partition.
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Ing. Josef Klotzner