On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 01:09:01PM -0000, philinux wrote: > This error message gets spitted out everytime grub gets updated. Similar > message from installer when installing grub2 to a partition. > > Setting up grub-common (1.97~beta3-1ubuntu8) ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/grub-common ... > > Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta3-1ubuntu8) ... > grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the > MBR. This is a BAD idea. > grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in > this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and its > use is discouraged.
Well, it's correct - I think the warning is justified. Does GRUB work for you for the meantime? If so, I don't really consider the warning a bug since it points to a genuine unreliability in your setup that can only be fixed by not doing this (for example, many kinds of filesystem changes will make your system unbootable unlelss you run grub-install again afterwards). -- grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445416 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs
