* Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050406, 13:03]: > > 3. Add --boot-device and --root-device arguments. If present, these > will be used at the appropriate places. I believe that the code still > requires the directory names for other operations (e.g., checking that > appropriate files are present.) This has the advantage over 2) of > being more transparent to someone reading the man page. It has the > disadvantage of requiring the arguments to be specified every time > (whereas in 2 when you update device.map you're set), and of involving > more extensive code changes.
Well, I don't think that --root-device is necessary. The attached patch introduces a --boot-device option that should resolve the problem. It's easy to add also --root-device if you think it's needed.
--- /root/grub-install 2006-08-29 19:57:08.000000000 +0200
+++ /sbin/grub-install 2006-08-30 09:49:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
-v, --version print the version information and exit
--root-directory=DIR install GRUB images under the directory DIR
instead of the root directory
+ --boot-device=DEVICE specify the device which contains /boot directory
--grub-shell=FILE use FILE as the grub shell
--no-floppy do not probe any floppy drive
--force-lba force GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy
@@ -149,7 +150,8 @@
-e 's%\(fd[0-9]*\)$%\1%' \
-e 's%/part[0-9]*$%/disc%' \
-e 's%\(c[0-7]d[0-9]*\).*$%\1%' \
- -e 's%\(e[0-9]\.[0-9]*\).*$%\1%'`
+ -e 's%\(e[0-9]\.[0-9]*\).*$%\1%' \
+ -e 's%evms/%%'`
tmp_part=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%.*/[sh]d[a-z]\([0-9]*\)$%\1%' \
-e 's%.*d[0-9]*p%%' \
-e 's%.*/fd[0-9]*$%%' \
@@ -289,6 +291,9 @@
exit 0 ;;
--root-directory=*)
rootdir=`echo "$option" | sed 's/--root-directory=//'` ;;
+ --boot-device=*)
+ bootdev=`echo "$option" | sed 's/--boot-device=//'`
+ test -b $bootdev || echo "boot device *must* be a block special file" ;;
--grub-shell=*)
grub_shell=`echo "$option" | sed 's/--grub-shell=//'` ;;
--no-floppy)
@@ -431,8 +436,13 @@
esac
# Get the root drive.
- root_device=`find_device ${rootdir}`
- bootdir_device=`find_device ${bootdir}`
+ if test -n "$bootdev"; then
+ root_device=${bootdev}
+ bootdir_device=${bootdev}
+ else
+ root_device=`find_device ${rootdir}`
+ bootdir_device=`find_device ${bootdir}`
+ fi
# Check if the boot directory is in the same device as the root directory.
if test "x$root_device" != "x$bootdir_device"; then
@@ -449,13 +459,17 @@
# Check if the root directory exists in the same device as the grub
# directory.
-grubdir_device=`find_device ${grubdir}`
+if test -n "$bootdev"; then
+ grubdir_device=${bootdev}
+else
+ grubdir_device=`find_device ${grubdir}`
+fi
if test "x$grubdir_device" != "x$root_device"; then
# For now, cannot deal with this situation.
cat <<EOF 1>&2
-You must set the root directory by the option --root-directory, because
-$grubdir does not exist in the root device $root_device.
+You must set the root directory by the option --root-directory or
+--boot-device, because $grubdir does not exist in the root device $root_device.
EOF
exit 1
fi
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