Package: grub2 Version: 1.96+20080724-11 Severity: important grub2 fails to detect free space for embedding it's core.img when necessary (e.g. lvm-root) when being confronted with a GPT disklabel.
With this layout (output from "parted -l") Model: Areca raid10-PV (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 200GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 8225kB 32.0GB 32.0GB 'grub-install /dev/sdc' returns with grub-setup: error: Core image is too big for embedding, but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array or LVM volume. I explicitly made that partition start one sector later than default, because GPT partitions apparently start at "17.4kB" compared to the "32.2kB" for msdos when created with parted/gnu-fdisk, and the "17.4kB" might be a bit too few space for the ~25-30KiB the core.img takes with the needed modules included. When using a msdos disklabel: Model: Areca raid10-PV (scsi) Disk /dev/sdc: 200GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 32.0GB 32.0GB primary everything works fine. Given that multi-terabyte disks will be available very soon (and you easily reach this limit with RAID even today) and the flexibility a LV-root offers, I tagged this as important. best regards, Michael -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages grub2 depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.22 Debian configuration management sy ii grub-pc 1.96+20080724-11 GRand Unified Bootloader, version grub2 recommends no packages. grub2 suggests no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
