Hi, I hope to get this bug squashed, soonish.
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 04:43:22PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > Package: release-notes > Severity: normal > Tags: wheezy > > Hi Joost, > > Filing a bug as discussed. > > When I upgraded a desktop system from Squeeze to Wheezy, it failed to install > grub in my MBR. The reason given was probably along the lines of this: > > warning: your core.img is unusually large. It won't fit in the embedding > area. > error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for RAID and LVM > install. > > This worked in squeeze but in wheezy my system which has lvm and software raid > has tipped it over the line. > > I have no exact log as to what I did, but it came down to booting from a UBCD, > converting my partition table to a GUID table so I could fit the thing in. Some more info on this: An "Ultimate Boot CD" that is. The new style partition table is called GPT (GUID Partition Table); even with an old style partition it's possible to use new grubs: in that case, make sure your root partition starts at cylinder 2. If "sfdisk -d /dev/yourrootdevice" shows "start= 1", you won't be able to run a new grub. Bye, Joost PS/note to self: debian-6.0-squeeze-upgrade.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
