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FS#19513 - [aif, virtio, grub] Grub fails on virtio-disks

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by frederick_metzengerstein (metzengerstein) - Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 19:34 GMT
Last edited by Aaron Griffin (phrakture) - Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 20:00 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category System
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

Though current aif (2010.05 release) now can handle virtio block devices, grub doesn't.
The installation works fine until setting up grub, when it fails finding the correct device.

The solution is by manualy creating /boot/grub/device.map (in the installation-environment: /mnt/boot/grub/device.map) with the correct drive-mapping like "(hd0) /dev/vda".

I've added a virtio-section in the wiki, which also mentions this problem:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KVM#Paravirtualized_guests_.28virtio.29


Request: It would be nice if aif could be modified accordingly.


Additional info:
* package version(s)
aif 2010.04.18-1
* config and/or log files etc.
none

Steps to reproduce:
See above.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Aaron Griffin (phrakture)
Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 20:00 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#19514 
Comment by Thomas Dziedzic (tomd123) - Tuesday, 18 May 2010, 19:40 GMT
This should probably filed under release engineering

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