Bug 69590 - reiser4 support for grub
Bug#: 69590 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: enhancement Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: base-system@gentoo.org Reported By: mail@earthworm.de
Component: Ebuilds
URL: 
Summary: reiser4 support for grub
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2004-10-31 02:54 0000
Description:   Opened: 2004-10-31 02:54 0000 
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 From Robert Moss (RETIRED) 2004-11-09 13:53:50 0000 ------- 
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 From SpanKY 2005-04-07 06:13:46 0000 ------- 
*** Bug 88252 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

------- Comment #3 From Artem Egorkine 2005-04-07 06:22:15 0000 ------- 
Why not make it conditional on USE="reiser4", for example?

------- Comment #4 From SpanKY 2005-04-09 18:17:06 0000 ------- 
*** Bug 88523 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

------- Comment #5 From Francesco R. (RETIRED) 2005-10-26 04:44:48 0000 ------- 
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 From Francesco R. (RETIRED) 2005-10-26 04:46:42 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=71494) [details]
110_all_grub-reiser4.patch

patch, tested on x86 system , it can boot reiser4 and reiserfs filesystems
(others untested).

------- Comment #7 From SpanKY 2005-11-07 18:53:36 0000 ------- 
in portage

------- Comment #8 From SpanKY 2005-11-10 07:49:59 0000 ------- 
*** Bug 112050 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

------- Comment #9 From Johannes Christenson 2005-11-10 10:03:40 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=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 From Johannes Christenson 2005-11-14 23:17:18 0000 ------- 
Why isn't there an option to reopen this bug. It should be reopened since the
fix is removed.

------- Comment #11 From Johannes Christenson 2005-11-15 08:28:38 0000 ------- 
Now there is a option to reopen this bug, but apparently I'm not authorized to 
do so. Could I be authorized, please!