On 01/13/2012 03:49 PM, Greg Woods wrote:
On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 14:18 -0500, Lester M Petrie wrote:
#grub2-install /dev/sdb
/sbin/grub2-setup: warn: Your embedding area is unusually small.
core.img won't fit in it..
/sbin/grub2-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be
installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are
UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
I have a similar issue, but the final few lines say that embedding is
required when the root parition is an LVM device (as mine is).
I've got a workstation that works, and the first partition starts at
block 2048. The laptop where I get the error starts at 63. So I suspect
that I am screwed and will not be able to modify my grub2 configuration
until I repartition the disk and leave more room at the beginning.
I have tried modifying /etc/default/grub and running grub2-mkconfig
-o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg and this has no effect, so I suspect that I am
not really running grub2 or that there is a fixed embedded configuration
that I can't change. Running grub2-install produces the error about the
small embedding area.
What does your disk partitioning look like?
--Greg
The parted output for my machine is below. The first partition on sdb
is a Windows backup partition. I regret now that I didn't move it to
the end instead of leaving it at the beginning.
Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD103SJ (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 41.1MB 41.1MB primary fat16 diag
2 41.9MB 11.4GB 11.4GB primary ntfs boot
3 11.4GB 1000GB 989GB primary ntfs
Model: ATA SAMSUNG HD103SJ (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
3 32.3kB 526MB 526MB primary ext4 boot
2 526MB 895GB 895GB extended
8 526MB 53.0GB 52.4GB logical ext4
9 53.0GB 105GB 52.4GB logical ext4
5 105GB 158GB 52.4GB logical ext4
6 158GB 210GB 52.4GB logical ext4
7 210GB 315GB 105GB logical ext4
10 315GB 880GB 565GB logical ext4
11 880GB 895GB 15.7GB logical linux-swap(v1)
1 895GB 1000GB 105GB primary ntfs
--
Lester M Petrie
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