On 01/23/2017 10:10 PM, louis ayotte wrote: >> This looks like your /boot partition is either too small or uses an >> unsupported >> filesystem. Could you print out your partition table with parted? > (...) > # parted /dev/sdb print > Model: SEAGATE ST914603SSUN146G (scsi) > Disk /dev/sdb: 147GB > Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B > Partition Table: sun > Disk Flags: > > Number Start End Size File system Flags > 1 0.00B 1003MB 1003MB ext2 boot > 2 1003MB 141GB 140GB ext4 > 4 141GB 147GB 5799MB linux-swap(v1)
Nothing special here. But as Eric has explained, the reason for the warning comes from the fact that the hardware doesn't support GPT. > # grub-install --force /dev/sdb1 > Installing for sparc64-ieee1275 platform. > grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be > installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are > UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. > Installation finished. No error reported. And, did you try rebooting the machine? Did it come up again? Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - [email protected] `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - [email protected] `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
