For me this (bourrinage) patch fix it :
--- grub-0.93/lib/device.c.chmou 2003-08-14 11:33:57.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-0.93/lib/device.c 2003-08-14 11:36:55.700163832 +0200
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@
if (check_device (name))
{
(*map)[num_hd + 0x80] = strdup (name);
- assert ((*map)[num_hd + 0x80]);
+ //assert ((*map)[num_hd + 0x80]);
/* If the device map file is opened, write the map. */
if (fp)
don't know what's wrong though...
"[mr]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4737
>
> Product: grub
> Component: grub
> Summary: seg fault during installation of grub (0.93-2mdk)
> Product: grub
> Version: 0.93-1mdk
> Platform: PC
> OS/Version: All
> Status: UNCONFIRMED
> Severity: normal
> Priority: P2
> Component: grub
> AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> This is for grub 0.93-2mdk:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# sh /boot/grub/install.sh
> Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
> /boot/grub/install.sh: line 4: 11633 Segmentation fault (core dumped) grub
> --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map --batch <<EOF
> install (hd0,4)/grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0,4)/grub/stage2 p (hd0,4)/grub/menu.lst
> quit
> EOF
>
>
> backtrace:
> #0 0x400a2dcb in realpath () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
> #1 0xbfffc69c in ?? ()
>
>
> Note: This is a ThinkPad T20. Grub tries to probe for my floppy drive which is
> currently not installed. dmesg shows:
>
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 0
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 2
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 4
> end_request: I/O error, dev 02:00 (floppy), sector 6
>
>
> BTW: The previous versions of grub worked fine, I cannot remember it crashing
> during installation.
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