On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Guy Marcenac <g...@posteurs.com> wrote: > > I updated today my wheezy system. > In the update there were both a grub and kernel updates. > During install I got these messages > > Setting up grub-pc (1.99-27+deb7u2) ... > /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless > disk or to a partition. This is a BAD idea.. > /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.. > Installation finished. No error reported. > Generating grub.cfg ... > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-amd64 > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-4-amd64 > Warning: update-grub_lib is deprecated, use grub-mkconfig_lib instead > Found linux image: /boot/bzImage-2.6.38.2-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64 > done > > Since this update I did not dare rebooting my system... > What happened? > Do I have to change my grub install, or is it OK to keep it like this?
Are you installing grub to a disk or to a partition? If it's to a partition, this is a normal message because GRUB has to use blocklists in this case. How large is the post-MBR gap? It looks like core.img has become larger with the upgraded package, cannot be embedded into the post-MBR gap, and therefore GRUB needs blocklists for core.img to be located and loaded at boot. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxgnc_w81bbwsiukehgf3d0r5nandwmls0ahddkaco...@mail.gmail.com
