On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 10:59 PM, David Lehman <dlehman(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 22:56 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> Between TC1 and release of F16 Alpha, something must have changed to the
> worse with regard to installing GRUB to a partition's primary sector.
> Partitioning hasn't changed. TC1 managed to install GRUB to /dev/sda3.
> Anaconda now reports failure to install, and I've found this on virtual
> console:
>
> /usr/sbin/grub2-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a
> partitionless disk or to a partitionj. This is a BAD idea..
>
> /usr/sbin/grub2-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be
> installed in this setup using blocklists. However, blocklists are
> UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
>
> /usr/sbin/grub2-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
>
> Bug or feature?
Both?
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728742
I did Fedora 16 Respin iso install with all latest packages, including
latest Anaconda package, and still had this issue.
There were two ntfs partitions (Windows 7 + data partition) and 30 GB
of free space.
From 30GB free space I created
/root # 200 MB, ext4
/swap # 2.5 GB, swap
/ # 8.0 GB, ext4
/home # 19 GB, btrfs
grub2 install fails miserably :(
Are there any updates regarding this bug?