Here comes my partition setup from parted. Note that it says that the partition table is GPT, although I used gparted to remove all partitions and to create a new partition table of type msdos prior to installation (as described in the link from my previous post). Some googling showed that several people have this issue and it seems to be caused by the fact that the GPT is actually at the end of the drive not the start. I have no idea whether this GPT issue has an impact on the grub warning.
GNU Parted 1.8.8.git-dirty Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) unit s (parted) print Model: ATA ST9320423ASG (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 625142448s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 34s 1987s 1954s bios_grub 2 1988s 603027378s 603025391s ext4 3 603027379s 625142414s 22115036s linux-swap(v1) -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: "Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
