Bug#704964: Fwd: grub-pc: GRUB-2 does not handle /dev/disk/by-path/*

Kyle Moffett kyle at moffetthome.net
Mon Apr 8 09:46:14 UTC 2013


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 2:24 AM, Kyle Moffett <kyle at moffetthome.net> wrote:
> If I edit the device.map file and replace it with "/dev/sde" (which it
> is a symlink to, by the way), then run:
>   grub-install --no-floppy \
>     --root-directory=/boot/pci-0000:07:00.0-sas-0x1221000003000000-lun-0 \
>     /dev/sde

Actually, I don't even have to edit device.map.  I just have to give
it the non-symlink path on the command-line and it works fine.

I guess grub just needs an extra realpath() in there somewhere?

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett



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