Re: [PATCH,HURD] Fix grub-probe with userland partition support

[Samuel Thibault]

Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko, le Tue 24 Apr 2012 10:55:21 +0200, a 
écrit :
> On 24.04.2012 01:34, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > +     if (errno == ENOENT && part >= 5)
> > +       {
> This introduces an assumption that if part >=5 is missing then there are
> no additional partitions. While this is true for msdos, it's false for
> GPT, where such config is common after deleting a partition. Moreover,
> APM (apple) partitions often start at 8.

Ok, but what do you suggest?  By the very nature of parted-based
translators, there is no way to know how many partitions there are.

Samuel