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Re: grub-common bug with xen



On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Taz_devil wrote:

> Xen VPS

> Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
> warning: grub-probe can't find drive for /dev/sda1.
> grub-probe: error: Cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1.  Check your device.map.

Do you, bychance, use stanzas like this:

disk = [ 'foo-lun-0-part-1,sda1,w', 'foo-lun-0-part-2,sda2,w' ]

If so, GRUB as packaged has never worked and probably cannot.
The correct fix is to use this instead:

disk = [ 'foo-lun-0,sda,w' ]

HTH & HAND,
//mirabilos
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