On 03-12-2017 ,10:57:33, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday, 2 December 2017 12:30:57 GMT Mick wrote: > > I'm getting this error after I changed my profile as per > > '2017-11-30-new-17- > > profiles' news item: > > >>> Compiling source in /data/tmp_var/portage/sys-boot/grub-0.97-r16/work/ > > [...] > > > However, sys-boot/grub-0.97-r17 installed fine once keyworded on this > > (mostly) stable system. This may save time for others who come across > > the same problem. > > It has. Thanks Mick. > > -- > Regards, > Peter.
Unfortunately, an older system with only 50MB /boot partition did not have enough space to allow sys-boot/grub-0.97-r17 to install all its files and fs drivers. I ended up restoring /boot from a back up. YMMV.
