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Bug 69590 - reiser4 support for grub
Summary: reiser4 support for grub
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 88252 88523 112050 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2004-10-31 02:54 UTC by Christian Hesse
Modified: 2005-11-15 08:28 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments
110_all_grub-reiser4.patch (110_all_grub-reiser4.patch,57.87 KB, patch)
2005-10-26 04:46 UTC, Francesco R. (RETIRED)
Details | Diff
Ebuild with optional reiser4 patch (grub-0.97-r2.ebuild,4.64 KB, text/ebuild)
2005-11-10 10:03 UTC, Johannes Christenson
Details

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Description Christian Hesse 2004-10-31 02:54:17 UTC
The namesys webpage provides a patch for grub make it aware of reiser4:

ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiser4progs/grub/

This version of grub works for me. I would like to see it in portage tree.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge grub
2. install grub on reiser4 partitions
Actual Results:  
grub can't be installed as it can work with reiser4.

Expected Results:  
It should be possible to install grub on reiser4 partitions.
Comment 1 Robert Moss (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-11-09 13:53:50 UTC
Sorry, I'm not going to add reiser4 support to grub any time soon. It bloats the stage1_5 stuff too far on many systems, regardless of target file system, rendering them unbootable.
Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-04-07 06:13:46 UTC
*** Bug 88252 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Artem Egorkine 2005-04-07 06:22:15 UTC
Why not make it conditional on USE="reiser4", for example?
Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-04-09 18:17:06 UTC
*** Bug 88523 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Francesco R. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-10-26 04:44:48 UTC
110_all_grub-reiser4.patch I'm going to attach at this bug work on x86.
It's tested and running here (sys-boot/grub-0.96-r3).

It apply to sys-boot/grub-0.96-r3 and grub-0.97 (vanilla) .

since it's already a certain time reiser4 is in mm kernels, and it will reach
vanilla ones some time in the future may be a good idea to add it.

vapier, added you after cat-ting the ChangeLog ;-)
Comment 6 Francesco R. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-10-26 04:46:42 UTC
Created attachment 71494 [details, diff]
110_all_grub-reiser4.patch

patch, tested on x86 system , it can boot reiser4 and reiserfs filesystems
(others untested).
Comment 7 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-11-07 18:53:36 UTC
in portage
Comment 8 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2005-11-10 07:49:59 UTC
*** Bug 112050 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 9 Johannes Christenson 2005-11-10 10:03:40 UTC
Created attachment 72586 [details]
Ebuild with optional reiser4 patch

I added the USE word "reiser4" and made it possible to install grub-0.97-r2
with the patch.
Comment 10 Johannes Christenson 2005-11-14 23:17:18 UTC
Why isn't there an option to reopen this bug. It should be reopened since the
fix is removed.
Comment 11 Johannes Christenson 2005-11-15 08:28:38 UTC
Now there is a option to reopen this bug, but apparently I'm not authorized to 
do so. Could I be authorized, please!