[bug #3259] Grub can't recognize GNU/HURD ext2fs logical partitions

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Changes by: Robert Millan <address@hidden>
Date: Mon 06/30/2003 at 03:19 (Europe/Andorra)

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Jeroen is right: GNU ext2fs is part of the Hurd but it's suposed to act on 0x82 
partitions.

On the other hand, I don't see why GRUB should fail if the partition type is 
incorrect, or even check the partition type at all. What really matters here is 
that if a sane ext2 filesystem is present, then GRUB should be able to read it 
no matter what the partition type is.




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Submitted by: None                    Project: GNU GRUB                     
Submitted on: Thu 04/17/2003 at 19:13
Category:  Disk &amp; Partition       Severity:  Major                      
Priority:  None                       Bug Group:  Feature Request           
Resolution:  None                     Assigned to:  None                    
Status:  Open                         Release:  0.90 & 0.93                 
Reproducibility:  Every Time          Planned Release:                      

Summary:  Grub can't recognize GNU/HURD ext2fs logical partitions

Original Submission:  When trying to mount a logical GNU/HURD partition 
(created by mke2fs -o hurd /dev/hda7 with GNU/Linux), I have error no 17: 
Cannot mount selected partition. When changing partition type to Linux (0x82), 
I manage to boot with that logical partition. This does not happen when using a 
primary partition.

Follow-up Comments
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Date: Mon 06/30/2003 at 03:19       By: robertmh
Jeroen is right: GNU ext2fs is part of the Hurd but it's suposed to act on 0x82 
partitions.

On the other hand, I don't see why GRUB should fail if the partition type is 
incorrect, or even check the partition type at all. What really matters here is 
that if a sane ext2 filesystem is present, then GRUB should be able to read it 
no matter what the partition type is.


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Date: Sat 06/28/2003 at 16:34       By: jeroen
I think this bug can be closed, you always have to set the partition type to 
Linux (0x82) if it's an ext2 partition, the Hurd type (0x63) should not be used 
for such an partition.


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