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

[Yoshinori K . Okuji]

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[bugs #6373] Latest Modifications:

Changes by: 
                Yoshinori K. Okuji <address@hidden>
'Date: 
                Sun 11/30/2003 at 17:21 (GMT)

            What     | Removed                   | Added
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          Item Group | Non-software Error        | Software Error
          Resolution | None                      | Fixed
         Assigned to | None                      | okuji
              Status | Open                      | Closed


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I fixed this bug in the CVS. So I close this.






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[bugs #6373] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=6373>
Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted by: Greg Newby
On: Wed 11/05/2003 at 07:37

Category:  Disk &amp; Partition
Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal
Item Group:  Software Error
Resolution:  Fixed
Assigned to:  okuji
Originator Name:  
Originator Email:  
Status:  Closed
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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Date: Sun 11/30/2003 at 17:21       By: okuji
I fixed this bug in the CVS. So I close this.












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