fresh grub install on xfs:/boot

[Greg Kurtzer]

(Please CC me in any replies, I am not on the list...)

I have built a system installer (cinch) which literally uses YUM to install
an entire file system from any standard YUM repository. Right now, it works
perfectly with EXT2|3 file systems, but when I try to grub'ify a new XFS
partition it always hangs (tested on several boxes). I am signing up to the
grub mailing list, but I wanted to see if you have any advice.

So here is what I have noticed... it does not matter if I call grub-install or
grub->(root (hd0,x);setup (hd0)) directly on a _NEW_ file system it will hang
when I run it from the installer scripts (NEW=a new /boot partition starting 
at a new location on the disk). So here is what is odd, if I run the grub 
command by hand (ie. replace the grub lines in the script with 'sh', then type 
the exact same command) it works!?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Greg
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