Re: F18 bug, bootloader install failed

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On 03/17/2013 09:50 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> 
> 3. If the installation target is a drive with a 61 sector MBR gap
> (legacy start LBA 63 for 1st partitions), the core.img is too large to
> be embedded if LVM or btrfs are chosen device types. So grub2-install
> fails, then anaconda crashes.
> 
> Arguably the legacy partition scheme is flawed...

... or grub2 is flawed for blithly thinking that it is okay to use a
specific amount of unpartitioned space?

(It isn't always 62 sectors, either.)

	-hpa

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