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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 1 of 6] pygrub should check all GPT partitions

To: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 1 of 6] pygrub should check all GPT partitions
From: M A Young <m.a.young@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:34:48 +0100 (BST)
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2011, Ian Campbell wrote:

On Thu, 2011-10-20 at 00:03 +0100, M A Young wrote:
On Fedora 16 the first GPT partition is a boot partition for grub2
with
the grub2 configuration in the second partition.
Check all GPT partitions for grub configuration, not just the first.
Signed-off-by: Michael Young <m.a.young@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

--- a/tools/pygrub/src/pygrub   2011-10-16 20:58:02.000000000 +0100
+++ b/tools/pygrub/src/pygrub   2011-10-16 20:59:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -78,9 +78,17 @@
 def get_fs_offset_gpt(file):
     fd = os.open(file, os.O_RDONLY)
     # assume the first partition is an EFI system partition.

Is this comment now inaccurate?

Yes. I haven't tested the case where the first partition is an EFI system partition though I think my changes would be harmless.

        Michael Young

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