Am Samstag, den 19.12.2009, 15:29 +0000 schrieb ceg: > * grub-install --root-directory=/media/<label> /dev/sdb5 > > With grub2, it first broke the chainloading of grub2 in sda5 from a > dedicated grub1 partition on me (the boot sequence installed and used > normally). -> Grub2 needed "grub-install /dev/sda5" to work again.
Should never happen if both the directory given with --root-directory is the drive/partition you want and also the device you give grub-install. Though you should always install to MBR and not a bootsector. > Now (possibly some updates later) "grub-install --root- > directory=/media/<label> /dev/sdb5" complains about not reading > /grub/core.img > > # grub-install --root-directory=/media/<label> /dev/sdc5 > grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of > the MBR. This is a BAD idea. > grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be > installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are > UNRELIABLE and its use is discouraged. > grub-setup: error: Cannot read `/grub/core.img' correctly That bug should be fixed now in lucid. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer and GNU GRUB developer -- failures on grub-install to create rescue boot media https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/498533 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
