On Sunday, 3 December 2017 15:12:21 GMT Mick wrote: > On 03-12-2017 ,10:57:33, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Saturday, 2 December 2017 12:30:57 GMT Mick wrote: > > > I'm getting this error after I changed my profile as per > > > '2017-11-30-new-17- > > > > > > profiles' news item: > > > >>> Compiling source in > > > >>> /data/tmp_var/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r16/work/ > > > > [...] > > > > > However, sys-boot/grub-0.97-r17 installed fine once keyworded on this > > > (mostly) stable system. This may save time for others who come across > > > the same problem. > > sys-boot/grub-0.97-r17 > > It has. Thanks Mick. > > Unfortunately, an older system with only 50MB /boot partition did not > have enough space to allow sys-boot/grub-0.97-r17 to install all its > files and fs drivers. I ended up restoring /boot from a back up. YMMV.
I spoke too soon, too. Sys-boot/grub-0.97-r17 compiled and installed all right, as a package, but when I went to install it to the MBR I got an error complaining of a mismatch or corruption in stage X. The wording was something like that, and I forget the value of X. There was no mention of disk space, and the boot partition is 2GB, so I think it's something else. Installing sys-boot/grub-static-0.97-r12 instead went smoothly, so I've left it like that for the moment. Does the team think I should go back to grub-0.97-r17, take proper records and file a bug report? -- Regards, Peter.
