[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
grub-install absolutely seems to work on start=2048 MBR disks in my experience. Also current Ubuntu BIOS setups use GPT with a BIOS boot partition which gives plenty of space for GRUB core. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
Had to reinstall Kubuntu 19.10. Used BTRFS for root on a 1TB SSD. Grub- install fails. I think this bug is regressed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
** No longer affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
No, I am complaining about the fact that I had a perfectly working ubuntu server which stopped booting after upgrading. That is a bad thing for an operating system. This should not happen. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
@Javier: I don't think it is a bug per se. And definitely not ubuntu related. GRUB2 is complex piece of sotfware that keeps developing. I don't quite understand how they managed to put ext2 mounting and kernel+initrd loading into mere 31744 bytes back then. You aren't complaining you can't install today's ubuntu onto i386 processor, aren't you? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
@Arie: thank you, but I hoped that a software issue could be resolved without the need of additional hardware (I don't have a bigger drive right now). But I can survive: I can boot from a live USB with Super Grub2. Anyway, I think that such gross errors should not take place in an upgrade. This makes me wonder whether Ubuntu is a good choice, particularly when this type of bugs are not considered as important. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
@Javier: Take a bigger drive, format it with first partition starting at sector 2048 and transfer partitions content. Then you will have enough space to fit GRUB bootloader into. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
I finally upgraded my 12.04LTS server to 14.04LTS last week, and I really regret having done this. I am suprised this bug is considered as unimportant, when it completelly spoils the booting system. Nothing seems to work. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
Please don't mark bugs as fixed unless you actually fixed it. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
Your issue is unrelated to this bug Chris. You must have used GPT on the disk in the past, and used fdisk to write a new MBR, leaving parts of the GPT behind. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
** No longer affects: installation-report (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
I think the installer should be added to this bug. What is the name of the package that will install ubuntu? Or partition tool? I do not know well the technical details of the problem but I agree with "cryo-rebirth" .. the installer or partitioner should warn when a partition BtrFS is used and is started partition at sector 63. Sorry for my bad english... ** Also affects: grub Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Project changed: grub => installation-report -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
You're not making sense. 2 MB is 4096 sectors. The default start location for the last several years has been sector 2048, or 1 MB, which leaves plenty of room for the core to fit. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
Actually, Phillip, BtrFS requires 2MB for a Grub2 installation. So, while you are correct that it does start at 1MB, the partitioner does have an error in not including that the rules for BtrFS are different. The normal 1MB is a part of the normal MBR rules. Since Grub2 requires some extra installation space for the BtrFS partition information, GParted should warn when BtrFS is used and a partition is started less than 2MB from the beginning of the drive. For everything else, 1MB works fine. So, this would be a problem with the partitioner not realizing the rules are different and the installer not seeing that the partitioner made a mistake and that Grub2 can not be properly installed inside of the 1MB space for a BtrFS partition. Ext4 and other partitions that are not BtrFS have no problem with the 1MB start point. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1059827] Re: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas
Ok I reinstall, format the root / partition with the ext4 file system. If you still have not found the solution, the installer should warn about.this. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub- installer/+bug/1270729 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to a duplicate bug report (1266195). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Title: Non trivial grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1059827/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
