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On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 11:14:05AM +0100, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hope to get this bug squashed, soonish.
>
> On Mon, Feb 04, 2013 at 04:43:22PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
> > Package: release-notes
> > Severity: normal
> > Tags: wheezy
> >
> > Hi Joost,
> >
> > Filing a bug as discussed.
> >
> > When I upgraded a desktop system from Squeeze to Wheezy, it failed to
> > install
> > grub in my MBR. The reason given was probably along the lines of this:
> >
> > warning: your core.img is unusually large. It won't fit in the embedding
> > area.
> > error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for RAID and LVM
> > install.
> >
> > This worked in squeeze but in wheezy my system which has lvm and software
> > raid
> > has tipped it over the line.
> >
> > I have no exact log as to what I did, but it came down to booting from a
> > UBCD,
> > converting my partition table to a GUID table so I could fit the thing in.
>
> Some more info on this:
>
> An "Ultimate Boot CD" that is.
>
> The new style partition table is called GPT (GUID Partition Table); even with
> an old style partition it's possible to use new grubs: in that case, make sure
> your root partition starts at cylinder 2.
>
> If "sfdisk -d /dev/yourrootdevice" shows "start= 1", you won't be able to run
> a new grub.
Is this still something which is relevant in jessie?
Cheers,
Moritz
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