Re: grub-install fix for problem with /dev/sdp and /dev/sdaa

[Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko]

On 13.04.2013 01:23, David Peet wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a CentOS 6.3 based system and the grub-install script
> does not work for devices named /dev/sdp or /dev/sdp/<number>/,
> and they also do not work with devices named /dev/sd/<letter><letter>/
> and /dev/sd/<letter><letter><number> /like /dev/sdaa  and /dev/sdaa1
> which is the next drive after /dev/sdz.

There is no such code chunk in upstream at all. It must be some local
patch by your distro. What is the local patch? What is its goal?

> 
> The fix is easy.
> Attached is the patch file, and also here is the actual code in case
> attachments don't get through.
> 
> Thanks
> -David Peet
> --- grub-install2013-04-12 15:25:59.843730959 -0700
> +++ grub-install.fixed2013-04-12 15:27:32.272648482 -0700
> @@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
>      linux*)
>   tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | grep -v '/mapper/control$' |
>   grep -v '/mapper/[[:alnum:]]\+-[[:alnum:]]\+$' | uniq |
> - sed -e 's%\([shv]d[a-z]\)[0-9]*$%\1%' \
> -  -e 's%\(d[0-9]*\)p[0-9]*$%\1%' \
> + sed -e 's%\([shv]d[a-z][a-z]*\)[0-9]*$%\1%' \
> +  -e 's%\(d[0-9]*\)p[0-9][0-9]*$%\1%' \
>    -e 's%\(fd[0-9]*\)$%\1%' \
>    -e 's%/part[0-9]*$%/disc%' \
>    -e 's%\(c[0-7]d[0-9]*\).*$%\1%' \
> @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
>    -e 's%\(/mapper/[[:alpha:]]\+_[[:alpha:]]\+\)[[:digit:]]\+$%\1%'`
>   tmp_part=`echo "$1" | grep -v '/mapper/control$' |
>   grep -v '/mapper/[[:alnum:]]\+-[[:alnum:]]\+$' | uniq |
> - sed -e 's%.*/[shv]d[a-z]\([0-9]*\)$%\1%' \
> + sed -e 's%.*/[shv]d[a-z][a-z]*\([0-9]*\)$%\1%' \
>    -e 's%.*d[0-9]*p%%' \
>    -e 's%.*/fd[0-9]*$%%' \
>    -e 's%.*/floppy/[0-9]*$%%' \
> 
> 
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