On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:38:53 +0100 Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > % grub2-install /dev/sda. (There is no grub-install) > > > > /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: this LDM has no Embedding > > Partition; embedding won't be possible. > > > > /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not > > possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using > > blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is > > discouraged. > > > > /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists. > > > > Any suggestions? > > You need to specify the force option to make it use blocklists. > > grub2 is junk, it alone is a good reason to consider moving distro IMHO > -- Thanks! I did do a --force --recheck and it complained but went through. So, now I can boot into Linux. The Windows 7 side is still messed up and I do not understand or know what to do. Unfortunately, I don't know if the Windows side is going to be much of a help here. Grub shows two entries for windows 7: Windows 7 (loader) on (/dev/sda2) Windows Recovery Environment (loader) (on /dev/sda3) The first results in: A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart (This goes back to grub.) The second gives: error: device format "ldm-***/Volume2" is invalid: must be f|h|dN with 0 <= N < 128 and we go to the screen for the previous case. The *** is some alphanumeric code which is pretty long. Any suggestions? If it was my computer, I would have scrapped the whole windows side of course. But it is not mine (I was just offering some free services and I feel bad about damaging the system, or at least not making sure it dual-boots). Many thanks again! Ranjan -- Important Notice: This mailbox is ignored: e-mails are set to be deleted on receipt. For those needing to send personal or professional e-mail, please use appropriate addresses. ____________________________________________________________ GET FREE SMILEYS FOR YOUR IM & EMAIL - Learn more at http://www.inbox.com/smileys Works with AIM?, MSN? Messenger, Yahoo!? Messenger, ICQ?, Google Talk? and most webmails -- 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
