GNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #26954, grub-install on usb drive:...
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bug #26954: grub-install on usb drive: "Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img"
Submitter: | Peter <peterius> | ||
Submitted: | Sat 04 Jul 2009 02:52:50 AM UTC | ||
Category: | Disk & Partition | Severity: | Major |
Priority: | 5 - Normal | Item Group: | Software Error |
Status: | Wont Fix | Privacy: | Public |
Assigned to: | None | Originator Name: | Peter |
Open/Closed: | Closed | Release: | Bazaar - trunk |
Release: | svn | Reproducibility: | Every Time |
Planned Release: | None |
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Sat 16 Oct 2010 09:39:31 PM UTC, comment #8: |
Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder> |
Mon 30 Nov 2009 10:11:28 PM UTC, comment #7: The "workaround mentality" comes from the fact that there are no clear suggestions for how to resolve the problem. The error message is fairly opaque, even though i think i have a decent grasp of what's going on.
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Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg> |
Mon 30 Nov 2009 08:47:14 PM UTC, comment #6:
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Robert Millan <robertmh> |
Mon 30 Nov 2009 07:57:39 PM UTC, comment #5: in #27406, petrius wrote:
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Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg> |
Mon 30 Nov 2009 07:51:58 PM UTC, comment #4: I'm also seeing this problem right now on a 1GB USB stick with lots of space available. I'm using 1.97~beta3-1 on a debian squeeze system:
grub-setup: warn: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
8 32 1007616 sdc
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
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Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg> |
Fri 14 Aug 2009 10:26:35 PM UTC, comment #3: I'm still getting the same error. I just did svn update. Should I have done something like -AdP like with cvs? |
Peter <peterius> |
Fri 14 Aug 2009 08:32:47 AM UTC, comment #2: We fixed a bug that caused this false error to be reported. Please update, and you'll get the correct one.
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Robert Millan <robertmh> |
Sat 04 Jul 2009 03:30:41 AM UTC, comment #1: More info. The usb disk is 256 mbs and /dev/sdb1 Win95 FAT32 partition starts at "32" whereas the core.img grub-install is trying to put on there is "47".
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Peter <peterius> |
Sat 04 Jul 2009 02:52:50 AM UTC, original submission:
grub-install --root-directory=/media/usb0 /dev/sdb
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Peter <peterius> |
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Date | Changed by | Updated Field | Previous Value | => | Replaced by |
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2010-10-16 | phcoder | Status | None | Wont Fix | |
Open/Closed | Open | Closed | |||
Release | other | Bazaar - trunk | |||
2009-11-30 | robertmh | Release | None | other |
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