306991 – =sys-boot/grub-0.97-r9 fails to boot from jfs /boot partition

Bug 306991 - =sys-boot/grub-0.97-r9 fails to boot from jfs /boot partition

Summary: =sys-boot/grub-0.97-r9 fails to boot from jfs /boot partition

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Reported:	2010-02-26 19:32 UTC by Aleksey Kunitskiy
Modified:	2010-03-06 23:33 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Aleksey Kunitskiy 2010-02-26 19:32:30 UTC

Install grub on jfs formatted /boot partition and reboot? you'll see:

GRUB Loading stage1.5.

GRUB loading, please wait...

And the system become unresponsible

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install grub on jfs partition
2. reboot

Comment 1 Patrick Lauer gentoo-dev

2010-02-26 21:39:30 UTC

That's an interesting configuration ...

Comment 2 Aleksey Kunitskiy 2010-02-26 21:56:08 UTC

May be it's not grub bug. Turn on NC flag in cfdisk on this partition([Maximize]) and reformat it. Install grub. Grub works as expected.