On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:34:03 -0700 Greg Woods <woods@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2012-02-11 at 20:18 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > Greg Woods writes: > > > > > As has been mentioned in other threads, grub2 requires 2048 sectors at > > > the start of the disk > > > > Not exactly. This generally happens only with mdraid volumes. Without > > mdraid, grub2 should fit within 63 sectors > > I do not have an mdraid on my laptop, and I still got the "embedded area > is too small" error when trying to run grub2-mkconfig. I was never able > to modify my grub2 configuration until I repartitioned the disk to > create a 2048 sector boot area. I can confirm it happens anyway. But don't repartition - use a map file, and ask wtf Fedora didn't think to check if you wanted to do that anyway. Alan -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
