From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KTJlt-0005sl-TA for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:29 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KTJls-0005rm-Il for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KTJlq-0005qa-OE for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38711 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KTJlq-0005qU-5Z for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:26 -0400 Received: from mail1.gleim.com ([209.208.68.245]:44789) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KTJln-0002KA-M0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:24 -0400 Received: by mail1.gleim.com (Postfix, from userid 8) id 51F251142CA; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.gleim.com (core.teamgleim.com [209.208.68.231]) by mail1.gleim.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 376E61142A2; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [172.17.128.107] (edwardallcutt.pc.teamgleim.com [172.17.128.107]) by mail.gleim.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8DFB13FCE97; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48A3140E.8020606@gleim.com> Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:04:14 -0400 From: Edward Allcutt User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <48A30377.2060707@gleim.com> <20080813164439.GA3252@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20080813164439.GA3252@thorin> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 Cc: 494589@bugs.debian.org Subject: Re: grub-setup fails with "error message = file not found" X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:04:28 -0000 Robert Millan wrote: > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:53:27AM -0400, Edward Allcutt wrote: >> [1] http://dev.teamgleim.com/~emallcut/grub2/grub-setup.log > >> grub-setup: info: will leave the core image on the filesystem > > The blocklist approach should still work, but it's not recommended. I was actually unaware that grub2 was using a blocklist. I thought it always embedded the core image. > I suggest you allow GRUB to embed core.img instead by adding a BIOS boot > partitition using Parted. We still need to trace down the problem with > blocklists, but this will tell us whether the problem is related to this > or something else. I set the "boot" flag for /dev/sda1 using parted. I hope this is what you meant. grub-setup still fails with the same error and it still mentions "will leave the core image on the filesystem". -- Edward Allcutt