Pkg xen devel - Nov 2014 - Bug#745419: Bug#745419: xen-utils-4.1: Pygrub fails to boot from LVM LV when something installed in the volume boot record

Tags: patch

I think this can be fixed with the following patch; it at least worked for
me:

http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-01/txtLboGgCEUdF.txt

-- Adi

--- xen-4.1.0/tools/pygrub/src/pygrub.orig	2010-12-31 15:24:11.000000000 +0000
+++ xen-4.1.0/tools/pygrub/src/pygrub	2011-01-30 18:58:17.000000000 +0000
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
 
     fd = os.open(file, os.O_RDONLY)
     buf = os.read(fd, 512)
+    offzerocount = 0
     for poff in (446, 462, 478, 494): # partition offsets
 
         # MBR contains a 16 byte descriptor per partition
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@
         
         # offset == 0 implies this partition is not enabled
         if offset == 0:
+            offzerocount += 1
             continue
 
         if type == FDISK_PART_SOLARIS or type == FDISK_PART_SOLARIS_OLD:
@@ -123,6 +125,9 @@
         else:
             part_offs.append(offset)
 
+    if offzerocount == 4:
+        # Might be a grub boot sector pretending to be an MBR
+        part_offs.append(0)
     return part_offs
 
 class GrubLineEditor(curses.textpad.Textbox):

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