On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 08:16:15AM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 19.08.2009, 22:57 +0200 schrieb Marc Haber: > > So sfdisk is essentially incompatible to grub 2? > > Just make sure the first partition starts at sector 63 like any normal > partioning tool does.
Is this requirement documented anywhere in the vast amount of up-to-date documentation that is available for grub 2? > > > grub-legacy should tell you too that it can't embed stage1.5 just not > > > that visible. > > > > It has however never shown any unreliability in years on hundreds of > > hosts. grub 2 says it won't function properly. > > With grub-legacy it's exactly the same. > We just decided to make it more clear in grub2 that blocklists aren't > that great. This is like actively scaring off people. Blocklists work just fine in years of hundreds of hosts. You're spreading a lot of FUD. Actually, Blocklists even have some (small) advantages over embedding. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 3221 2323190 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org