Re: embedding area is unusually small... (GRUB2 on software RAID1)
From: Antonio Perez <hidden>
Date: 2010-01-06 16:02:06
From: Antonio Perez <hidden>
Date: 2010-01-06 16:02:06
Lapohos Tibor wrote: [...]
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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