okuji does this make sense to you? ----- Forwarded message from Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 10:30:14 +1100 > From: Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#175358: grub: detects ext2 filesystem as MS-DOS > > Package: grub > Version: 0.91-2 > Severity: normal > > According to the "grub/floppy/ext2 question" thread on Debian-devel: > > - grub (unlike Linux) checks for the MS-DOS filesystem before > ext2 filesytem. > > - This checks the boot sector. > > - However, mke2fs doesn't erase the boot sector. > > ==> If previous filesystem was on floppy was MS-DOS (as > is almost always the case, grub will incorrectly detect it > as MS-DOS). > > > From the mailing list: > > On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 01:40:18PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote: > > If you check if a file system is Ext2 before checking if it is MS-DOS (as > > Linux does) then there will be no problems in such a situation. > > > > I think that format.exe will wipe out the Ext2 superblock, so therefore the > > only correct thing to do is to check for Ext2 first before even considering > > checking for MS-DOS. > > > > I suggest that a bug be filed against grub in this regard. > > > -- System Information > Debian Release: 3.0 > Architecture: i386 > Kernel: Linux snoopy 2.4.19 #1 Wed Oct 30 11:36:54 EST 2002 i686 > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE= > > Versions of packages grub depends on: > ii libc6 2.2.5-11.2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an > ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a-7 Shared libraries for terminal hand > > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Jason Thomas Phone: +61 2 6257 7111 System Administrator - UID 0 Fax: +61 2 6257 7311 tSA Consulting Group Pty. Ltd. Mobile: 0418 29 66 81 1 Hall Street Lyneham ACT 2602 http://www.topic.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
