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Bug#488111: marked as done (support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT)

Your message dated Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:02:12 +0000
with message-id <E1KJ8WC-0004oi-GJ@ries.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#488111: fixed in partman-partitioning 60
has caused the Debian Bug report #488111,
regarding support for installing GRUB without blocklists on GPT
to be marked as done.

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: partman-partitioning
Version: 60
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

This adds support for BIOS Boot Partition flag in partman, which will allow
GRUB to install on GPT drives without use of blocklists.  It requires the user
to manually setup a partition for embedding GRUB in it.

Although blocklists are unreliable, the reason they're currently used is that
GPT doesn't have an implicit post-MBR area that can be used by BIOS-based
bootloaders like it's done on DOS labels (in sector 1 you have the GPT primary
header).  Adding a BIOS Boot Partition provides a functional equivalent to
this area, which GRUB 2 already knows to identify and take advantage of.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-amd64
Locale: LANG=ca_AD.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ca_AD.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Index: debian/partman-partitioning.templates
===================================================================
--- debian/partman-partitioning.templates	(revision 53798)
+++ debian/partman-partitioning.templates	(working copy)
@@ -221,6 +221,11 @@
 # :sl2:
 _Description: Name:
 
+Template: partman-partitioning/text/biosable
+Type: text
+# :sl2:
+_Description: BIOS boot area:
+
 Template: partman-partitioning/text/bootable
 Type: text
 # :sl2:
Index: active_partition/_numbers
===================================================================
--- active_partition/_numbers	(revision 53798)
+++ active_partition/_numbers	(working copy)
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 10 change_name
 65 toggle_bootable
 66 change_flags
+67 toggle_bios
 80 resize
 83 copy
 87 delete
Index: active_partition/toggle_bios/do_option
===================================================================
--- active_partition/toggle_bios/do_option	(revision 53798)
+++ active_partition/toggle_bios/do_option	(working copy)
@@ -8,22 +8,16 @@
 
 cd $dev
 
-if [ "$task" = bootable ]; then
+if [ "$task" = biosable ]; then
 	open_dialog PARTITION_INFO $id
 	read_line x1 x2 x3 type x5 x6 x7
 	close_dialog
-	if [ "$type" = logical ]; then
-		db_input high partman-partitioning/bootable_logical || true
-		db_go || exit 0
-		db_get partman-partitioning/bootable_logical
-		[ "$RET" = true ] || exit 0
-	fi
 fi
 
 new_flags=''
 open_dialog GET_FLAGS $id
 while { read_line flag; [ "$flag" ]; }; do
-	if [ "$flag" != boot ]; then
+	if [ "$flag" != bios_grub ]; then
 		if [ "$new_flags" ]; then
 			new_flags="$new_flags
 $flag"
@@ -34,9 +28,9 @@
 done
 close_dialog
 
-if [ $task = bootable ]; then
+if [ $task = biosable ]; then
 	new_flags="$new_flags
-boot"
+bios_grub"
 fi
 
 open_dialog SET_FLAGS $id
Index: active_partition/toggle_bios/choices
===================================================================
--- active_partition/toggle_bios/choices	(revision 53798)
+++ active_partition/toggle_bios/choices	(working copy)
@@ -7,33 +7,33 @@
 
 cd $dev
 
-valid_boot=no
+valid_bios=no
 open_dialog VALID_FLAGS $id
 while { read_line flag; [ "$flag" ]; }; do
-	if [ "$flag" = boot ]; then
-		valid_boot=yes
+	if [ "$flag" = bios_grub ]; then
+		valid_bios=yes
 	fi
 done
 close_dialog
 
-[ $valid_boot = yes ] || exit 0
+[ $valid_bios = yes ] || exit 0
 
-bootable=no
+biosable=no
 open_dialog GET_FLAGS $id
 while { read_line flag; [ "$flag" ]; }; do
-	if [ "$flag" = boot ]; then
-		bootable=yes
+	if [ "$flag" = bios_grub ]; then
+		biosable=yes
 	fi
 done
 close_dialog
 
-db_metaget partman-partitioning/text/bootable description
+db_metaget partman-partitioning/text/biosable description
 description=$(stralign -25 "$RET")
 
-if [ $bootable = yes ]; then
+if [ $biosable = yes ]; then
 	db_metaget partman-partitioning/text/on description
-	printf "unbootable\t%s%s\n" "$description" "${RET}"
+	printf "unbiosable\t%s%s\n" "$description" "${RET}"
 else
 	db_metaget partman-partitioning/text/off description
-	printf "bootable\t%s%s\n" "$description" "${RET}"
+	printf "biosable\t%s%s\n" "$description" "${RET}"
 fi

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Source: partman-partitioning
Source-Version: 60

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
partman-partitioning, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

partman-partitioning_60.dsc
  to pool/main/p/partman-partitioning/partman-partitioning_60.dsc
partman-partitioning_60.tar.gz
  to pool/main/p/partman-partitioning/partman-partitioning_60.tar.gz
partman-partitioning_60_amd64.udeb
  to pool/main/p/partman-partitioning/partman-partitioning_60_amd64.udeb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 488111@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> (supplier of updated partman-partitioning package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Format: 1.8
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:56:27 +0200
Source: partman-partitioning
Binary: partman-partitioning
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 60
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org>
Description: 
 partman-partitioning - Partitioning operations for partman (udeb)
Closes: 318228 417973 488111
Changes: 
 partman-partitioning (60) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Colin Watson ]
   * Silence warning in case $id/options already exists.
   * Move 'local' down a line in create_new_partition in order to work
     properly with bash, which initialises local variables without an
     accompanying assignment to empty rather than to any previous value.
   * When creating a new filesystem, set the default mount options to the
     contents of /lib/partman/mountoptions/${fs}_defaults if it exists.
   * Use explicit dummy variables in create_new_partition rather than
     overriding $type, $size, et al.
 .
   [ Jérémy Bobbio ]
   * Disable "resize" and "delete" for partitions on "loop" partition tables.
     This will prevent unusable behaviour on RAID, crypto and LVM partitions.
     (Closes: #318228, #417973)
 .
   [ Robert Millan ]
   * Support for creating a BIOS boot partition in GPT (later used by GRUB).
     (Closes: #488111)
 .
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   * Czech (cs.po) by Miroslav Kure
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