Hi Eric, On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 12:38 -0700, Eric Snowberg wrote:
> Since the T5240 doesn’t support GPT, we have to use blocklists, could > you try this instead: > > # grub-install —force /dev/sdb1 > > The following warning can be ignored for now: > > Installing for sparc64-ieee1275 platform. > grub2-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. On an old Sun Blade 1000, without GPT partition table ... # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 68.4 GiB, 73407865856 bytes, 143374738 sectors Geometry: 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8922 cylinders Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disklabel type: sun Device Start End Sectors Size Id Type Flags /dev/sda1 0 1048575 1048576 512M 1 Boot /dev/sda2 1060290 2779244 1718955 839.3M 82 Linux swap u /dev/sda3 0 143364059 143364060 68.4G 5 Whole disk /dev/sda4 2779245 73095749 70316505 33.5G 83 Linux native /dev/sda5 73095750 143364059 70268310 33.5G 83 Linux native ... it does this error as well ... # grub-install /dev/sda 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.. grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists. ... do i need to install it with a force on /dev/sda1 as well? Question, and how is this gonna remove the silo boot block on disk? Thanks, Frans van Berckel
