Bug#591222: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.

[Colin Watson]

On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 12:14:23AM +0200, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> * Elimar Riesebieter [100806 18:39 +0200]:
> > Package: grub-common
> > Version: 1.98+20100804-1
> > Severity: grave
> > 
> > root at frodo ~ # grub-install /dev/sda
> > /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem.
> > Auto-detection of a filesystem module failed.
> > Please specify the module with the option `--modules' explicitly.
> > 
> > Ignoring would make the system unbootable. There are two hdd's in
> > the sytem. They include 10 raid1 arrays. /boot is partitioned on a
> > separate raid array.
> 
> After os-probe was imstalled everything went ok. So grub-common
> needs a 'Depends:' on os-prober which is currebtly only recommended.

This seems quite unconnected, and probably some kind of weird
coincidence.  os-prober is not even used by grub-install, only by
grub-mkconfig.

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at debian.org]