From: Antonio Perez <ap23563m@gmx.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: embedding area is unusually small... (GRUB2 on software RAID1)
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:02:06 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4589525.I9CuDL8pqf@rnqqfki.eternal-september.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 844035.90831.qm@web88203.mail.re2.yahoo.com
Lapohos Tibor wrote:
[...]
>> grub-install --root-directory=/root/os /dev/md0
> and I got a warning and an error message: "Your embedding area is
> unusually small. core.img won't fit in it." and "Embedding is not
> possible, but this is required when the root device is on a RAID array or
> LVM volume."
> What did I do wrong, and how do I fix it? Thanks ahead,
Grub2 needs a space of about 55 sectors free after the MBR. It ussually is
63 sectors. What's the output of:
fdisk -lu /dev/sda
the start of the first partition should be 63 sectors or bigger to leave
enough space for grub2 to be embedded.
However, the way you are making partitions is quite complex and the needed
space could be somewhere else.
Please, stop repeating your question everywhere.
--
Antonio Perez
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-01-06 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-06 14:23 embedding area is unusually small... (GRUB2 on software RAID1) Lapohos Tibor
2010-01-06 16:02 ` Antonio Perez [this message]
2010-01-06 16:18 ` Lapohos Tibor
2010-01-06 20:41 ` Antonio Perez
2010-01-06 21:40 ` Lapohos Tibor
2010-01-06 22:23 ` Antonio Perez
2010-01-07 14:59 ` Lapohos Tibor
2010-01-07 16:14 ` Antonio Perez
2010-01-07 16:26 ` Lapohos Tibor
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