Bug 230905

Summary:	sys-boot/grub-0.97: Chainload SYSLINUX located in logical partitions from GRUB Legacy
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Fulvio Scapin <trantorvega>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	Manfred.Knick
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:	done:0.97-r10
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	230845
Bug Blocks:
Attachments:	Logical-partition-residing bootloader chainload patch for GRUB Legacy

Description Fulvio Scapin 2008-07-06 01:50:37 UTC

GRUB Legacy cannot chainload SYSLINUX or similar bootloaders if they reside in logical partitions (msdos labels). The attached patch solves that problem. A similar path for Grub2 has been posted on grub-devel by another developer.

Comment 1 Fulvio Scapin 2008-07-06 01:53:06 UTC

Created attachment 159669 [details, diff]
Logical-partition-residing bootloader chainload patch for GRUB Legacy

Patch to allow chainloading such as SYSLINUX of bootloaders from logical partitions with GRUB Legacy

Comment 2 Wormo (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2008-07-06 06:39:54 UTC

If base-system team decides to include the chainloading patch for grub2, this patch should also be of interest...

Comment 3 Robin Johnson archtester

2008-07-06 06:58:05 UTC

Again, if upstream ACK this patch, we'll apply it.

Comment 4 Robin Johnson archtester

2009-06-26 23:16:51 UTC

fulvio: please report back if grub2 upstream took it (with a link). If so, I'll take this one for -r10.

Comment 5 Robin Johnson archtester

2009-07-04 18:54:16 UTC

*** Bug 230845 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Robin Johnson archtester

2010-06-25 06:21:22 UTC

Now committed and published as new patchset: grub-0.97-patches-1.10.tar.bz2
Ebuild sys-boot/grub-0.97-r10 committed.