X-Git-Url: http://git.grml.org/?p=grml2usb.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml2usb;h=2f63ce148a9db528e164115e2db2979114dea065;hp=072f1b339dbfd138f09c8d07c99f9ba74362030b;hb=745f09771c1a7cfd9607d3300a55ee8ddbd59fac;hpb=a3dde41af080b40f4fab46eba2950d0ea98b2785

diff --git a/grml2usb b/grml2usb
index 072f1b3..2f63ce1 100755
--- a/grml2usb
+++ b/grml2usb
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ if not os.path.isdir(GRML2USB_BASE):
     GRML2USB_BASE = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
 
 
+class HodorException(Exception):
+    """Throw exception if the exact error is not known and not fatal.
+
+    @Exception: message"""
+
+
 class CriticalException(Exception):
     """Throw critical exception if the exact error is not known but fatal.
 
@@ -356,9 +362,13 @@ def check_boot_flag(device):
     try:
         import parted
         part = get_partition_for_path(device)
+        if part is None:
+            raise HodorException("parted could not find partition")
         if part.getFlag(parted.PARTITION_BOOT):
             logging.debug("bootflag is enabled on %s" % device)
             return
+    except HodorException, e:
+        logging.info("%s, falling back to old bootflag detection", e)
     except ImportError, e:
         logging.debug("could not import parted, falling back to old bootflag detection")
 
@@ -1292,7 +1302,7 @@ def initial_syslinux_config(target):
 def add_entry_if_not_present(filename, entry):
     """Write entry into filename if entry is not already in the file
 
-    @filanme: name of the file
+    @filename: name of the file
     @entry: data to write to the file
     """
     data = open(filename, "a+")