Re: grub-pc update causes mount hang
[Please don't top post]
On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 12:24:03PM -1000, Joel Roth wrote:
> Joel Roth wrote:
> > Joel Roth wrote:
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > 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
>
> Okay, I did a workaround, so that dpkg --configure -a could finish.
>
> move update-grub update-grub.0 # (also for upgrade-grub2 to be sure)
> echo "exit 0" > update-grub
> chmod a+x update-grub
>
> Looking at the ps line above, I think it must be a bug
> either to try to mount an extended partition as ext4, or not
> to fail in mounting it.
>
> I'll have a look at the bug tracker.
>
> Thanks for providing ears to listen, and a sympathetic
> shoulder for my tears ;-)
Have you got apt-listbugs installed? Pretty much essential if you're
running testing or sid.
--
"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the
oppressing." --- Malcolm X
Reply to: