Re: grub-pc update causes mount hang
On 2014-11-09 22:46 +0100, Joel Roth wrote:
> I've been upgrading my sid system. When grub goes
> to regenerate /boot/grub/grub.cfg, mount uses 100% CPU
> and causes these processes to hang:
>
> 10064 pts/1 S 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests /dev/sda4
> 10075 pts/1 R 7:33 mount -o ro -t ext4 /dev/sda4 /var/lib/os-prober/mount
According to fdisk output, /dev/sda4 is an extended partition and thus
cannot be mounted. I wonder why os-prober tries to do that anyway, and
why mount does not fail rather than hang.
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 2048 2459647 1228800 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda2 * 2459648 76180224 36860288+ 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
> /dev/sda3 76180225 84357314 4088545 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/sda4 84357315 625139711 270391198+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
> /dev/sda5 84357378 115073593 15358108 83 Linux
> /dev/sda6 115073658 534504057 209715200 83 Linux
> /dev/sda7 534504059 604654465 35075203+ 83 Linux
> /dev/sda8 604659712 625139711 10240000 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Cheers,
Sven
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