Why does not update-grub detect Fedora 13 installation?

[Rick Stevens]

On 07/12/2010 10:20 AM, H.S. wrote:
> On 12/07/10 12:50 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
>> On Monday 12 July 2010 08:08 AM, H.S. wrote:
>>> I am using LVM. F13 is installed with its / mounted on
>>> /dev/mapper/vg1-lv8 and its boot on /dev/sdc5. Update-grub appears to
>>> miss detecting the kernels in /dev/sdc5 altogether. Any idea why is
>>> that? Is there is a bug in Fedora 13?
>>>
>>
>> I think its because grub 1 doesn't have LVM support. If you need LVM
>> support install grub2.
>>
>
> Yes, that is the one I am using:
> grub-pc   1.98+20100706-1   GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (PC/BIOS
> version)
> (sorry I skipped mentioning this earlier).
>
> Note that boot partitions for both distros (F13 and Debian) are on
> non-LVM partitions precisely because even grub2 may not handle LMV boot
> partitions properly ... not sure about this though so just wanted to be
> cautious. Debian's /boot is on /dev/sdc3 and Fedora 13's /boot is on
> /dev/sdc5. Their other partitions (/, /usr, /home) all are on LVM volumes.


/dev/sdc5 is an extended partition.  IIRC, update-grub only checks
primary partitions--primarily because your BIOS can't boot anything in
an extended partition, either.
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