Follow-up Comment #4, bug #26954 (project grub): I'm also seeing this problem right now on a 1GB USB stick with lots of space available. I'm using 1.97~beta3-1 on a debian squeeze system:
0 pip:~# grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sdc grub-setup: warn: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and its use is discouraged. grub-setup: error: Cannot read `/grub/core.img' correctly 1 pip:~# 0 pip:~# grep sdc /proc/partitions 8 32 1007616 sdc 8 33 1007600 sdc1 0 pip:~# df -h /mnt Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/sdc1 983M 76M 907M 8% /mnt 0 pip:~# _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?26954> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub