[bug #6373] "bad device number" == 8 devices max

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http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=6373&group_id=68

Submitted by: gbnewby                 Project: GNU GRUB                     
Submitted on: Wed 11/05/2003 at 07:37
Category:  Disk & Partition       Severity:  Major                      
Priority:  None                       Bug Group:  Non-software Error        
Resolution:  None                     Assigned to:  None                    
Status:  Open                         Release:  0.93                        
Reproducibility:  Every Time          Planned Release:                      

Summary:  "bad device number" == 8 devices max

Original Submission:  In lib/device.c around line 428 we see that the device 
number must be between 0 and 8.  This causes the "bad device number" error 
during "grub-install /dev/sda2" or similar, as well as complaints about stage1 
being invalid.



I'm running on a JBOD system (no RAID) with 13 hard drives.  Since I'm booting 
from one of the first drives, I simply edited /boot/grub/device.map by hand and 
truncated after the 9th entry.  "grub-install" ran correctly.



If there is a subtle reason why only 9 device numbers are supported, it should 
probably be mentioned in the grub info pages among the list of other errors 
(i.e., a documentation fix).  On the other hand, if we were just waiting for 
someone to encounter this limit, here I am!



Thanks for great software!



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