[Bug 896490] Re: Can not Install Bootloader on external drive
Brian Murray
brian at ubuntu.com
Mon Nov 28 23:14:46 UTC 2011
Nov 25 23:30:47 ubuntu grub-installer: info: grub-install supports --no-floppy
Nov 25 23:30:47 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdc5"
Nov 25 23:30:50 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless disk or to a partition. This is a BAD idea..
Nov 25 23:30:50 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
Nov 25 23:30:55 ubuntu grub-installer: /usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: cannot read `/boot/grub/core.img' correctly.
Nov 25 23:30:55 ubuntu grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --no-floppy --force "/dev/sdc5"' failed.
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Title:
Can not Install Bootloader on external drive
Status in “grub-installer” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
could not install on partitioned external 500G drive.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Sat Nov 26 00:19:20 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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