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Re: ls and xfs = unhandled exception / reset
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Robert Millan |
Subject: |
Re: ls and xfs = unhandled exception / reset |
Date: |
Wed, 16 May 2007 08:39:59 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 08:47:03PM -0400, Alex Roman wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've got a linux system with the / partition as xfs (and no /boot
> partition, blame kUbuntu's installer for that :)). I wanted to try to
> boot the system from a grub2 floppy I made (so I can still boot my
> system, no worries).
>
> I do:
> insmod ls
> insmod pc
> insmod xfs
>
> Then if I do:
> ls (hd0,1) -- my xfs partition
>
> ... the system just resets.
>
> I verified that if I insmod ext2 and ls on an ext3 partition, it will
> work as expected and not reset my PC. Also, if I ls on the xfs
> partition, without the xfs module loaded, GRUB will just print
> Filesystem type unknown, but won't reset.
>
> Given that I'll also be working on adding CD-ROM boot support to GRUB
> as part of GSoC, I figure this would be a great opportunity to start
> fixing some bugs to get familiar with the code.
>
> Now, I've no idea how to debug this issue, how to get a debugging log,
> etc... Could anyone please point me at the right document to read or
> give me some advice how I could start working on this?
See: http://grub.enbug.org/HowToDebug
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