Hi, Joao Eriberto Mota Filho <eriberto@debian.org> (2015-03-15): > Package: os-prober > Version: 1.65 > Severity: important > Tags: d-i > > Dear Maintainer, > > When installing the Jessie (netinst, amd64, 20150315) or updating GRUB in my > Dell Vostro 5470, the os-prober is looping if there are formated partitions > without an installed operational system. > > I have two extra empty partitions with ReiserFS and vfat: > > --- /dev/sda3 > Block device, size 596 MiB (624951296 bytes) > ReiserFS file system (new 3.6 format, standard journal, starts at 64 KiB) > UUID 1D55E629-8E1D-452C-AFA2-23D45AF1DA04 (DCE, v4) > Volume size 596 MiB (624951296 bytes, 152576 blocks of 4 KiB) > > --- /dev/sda4 > Block device, size 461 MiB (483393536 bytes) > FAT32 file system (hints score 5 of 5) > Volume size 460.1 MiB (482430976 bytes, 117781 clusters of 4 KiB) I should note that at least ReiserFS is no longer supported, see: | os-prober (1.63) unstable; urgency=low | | [ Cyril Brulebois ] | * Drop reiserfs, it's no longer supported. | | -- Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:38:17 +0200 so maybe there's something fishy with filesystems whose support has been dropped. The “tr” call seems indeed strange to my candid eye. I'll add that to my to do list, but it's unlikely to be addressed for RC3 / the first jessie release unless somebody steps in and debugs this further in the upcoming days. Mraw, KiBi.
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