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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Sector 2 of non-embedded core.img: write early or
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Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 04:23:24PM +0300, Vesa J=C3=A4=C3=A4skel=C3=A4i=
nen wrote:
>> This also relates to problem with installing to MBR and there is no ro=
om=20
>> for embedding core.img there. I have been using USB stick where there =
is=20
>> not enough room for core.img what I want to store there. So only optio=
n=20
>> is to leave core.img to filesystem and install MBR.
>=20
> But then you can add an empty partition (type 0x00) starting at sector =
63,
> and grub-setup will overwrite it.
>=20
> Or you could leave that region unpartitioned.

At least on my disks there is 32 KiB free space. But not ~50 KiB what my=20
core.img requires.