Bug 6466 – Grub 0.9 is very out of date

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: VERIFIED FIXED

[Description Chris Paulson-Ellis 2002-08-14 11:15:10 UTC]

I had a problem with Grub which I solved with the help of the grub maintainers 
by using the latest CVS version. In the course of the discussion, they 
mentioned that the 0.9 release is very out of date. I see that Gentoo uses a 
heavily patched 0.9. Would a recent CVS version be better, or cause other 
problems?

You can see my (solved) problem on their bug server...

[ Bug #565 ] kernel command returns error 18 when grub loads from ntldr.
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=565&group_id=68

Chris.

[Comment 1 SpanKY 2002-08-14 13:01:11 UTC]

if you read /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask you will see that 0.92 is in
gentoo, it just doesnt work with XFS atm ... which is why it hasnt been released

if you dont use xfs and want to use 0.92, then delete the grub entry in that file
and run `emerge grub -u`

[Comment 2 Chris Paulson-Ellis 2002-08-14 14:39:34 UTC]

My appologies. I encountered this problem a while ago and I forgot to check the 
portage tree before submitting the bug.

As I don't use xfs, I'll try 0.92 and let you know if it fixed my problem (it 
should do as 0.92 post-dates my CVS snapshot).

Chris.

[Comment 3 Chris Paulson-Ellis 2002-08-16 17:37:50 UTC]

Verified. 
I emerged the 0.92 ebuild explicitly and it works. 
Thanks, Chris. 

[Comment 4 Chris Paulson-Ellis 2002-08-16 17:47:49 UTC]

 Verified. 0.92 worked fine for me when explicitly emerged. 

[Comment 5 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) 2003-04-04 01:23:03 UTC]

db fix

[Comment 6 John Davis (zhen) (RETIRED) 2003-04-04 01:27:56 UTC]

db fix

[Comment 7 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2003-05-09 12:32:59 UTC]

0.9.2 is in cvs