[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: "Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it."
This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 Title: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: "Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/515724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: "Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it."
This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 Title: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: "Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/515724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
Good point, I missed the bios_grub partition. ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1059827 Non trival grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 Title: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/515724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1059827 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 YannU, please don't de-dup this bug without at least explaining why you feel it is not a dup. ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1059827 Non trival grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 Title: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/515724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1059827 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 I feel this is not a dup because here core.img should go to the BIOS- Boot partition, while Bug #1059827 is about cases where it goes to the embed area. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 Title: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/515724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
Hi Mario, can you reproduce this bug with Ubuntu 12.04 ? ** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1059827 Non trival grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 Title: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/515724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
Thanks for asking. Indeed I cannot. Now that you ask I realize that I don't think I have seen that in a long time - I think I did a fresh install on the same MacBook Pro 5,4 (same HDD as well) with Oneiric around Beta time, later upgraded to Precise. That was an Ubuntu-only install, and I don't think I saw the issue. In any case just a few weeks ago I did a fresh install with 12.04.1. I used the Desktop CD, amd64, BIOS version and followed the Ubuntu Mactel wiki instructions to create a parallel install of OS X (also completely new reinstall) and Ubuntu, using rEFIt. This was on a new HDD (Seagate Momentum XT, 750 GB hybrid with 8 GB NAND SSD built in. This time I'm sure I didn't see the problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 Title: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/515724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
ok thanks! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 Title: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/515724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1059827 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1059827 Non trival grub2 installs no longer fit in small embed areas -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 Title: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mactel-support/+bug/515724/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
Thanks Ricky. But if the disk actually still *is* GPT, then there may be an issue with grub on the MacBook (Pro) after all, no? -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
For the sake of completeness: Today's upgrade to grub-common and grub-pc 1.98~20100128-1ubuntu3 first triggered a debconf dialog for grub-pc, which asked for the device to install grub2 on, where I chose /dev/sda. Then the same warning about embedding area too small appeared as previously posted. ** Attachment added: Screenshot of debconf question http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38789681/grub-pc_debconf.png -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
You could just try installing it to your Ubuntu root partition. This is what we would normally do when dual-booting with OSX anyway. It appears that is /dev/sda2. You also have a VERY small sda1 partition. Is that what it is supposed to look like? -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
If I don't misunderstand, then according to the installation instructions for dual-boot at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation #Dual-Boot:%20Mac%20OSX%20and%20Ubuntu it would not be installed to the Ubuntu root partition (which would be /dev/sda4 in this case) but into the BIOS Boot Partition, /dev/sda3 (with the bios_grub flag). Like also described in Colin's link from above, http://grub.enbug.org/BIOS_Boot_Partition As to the size of sda1 (grub's BIOS Boot Partition), this was created with that size by ubiquity during installation. Before installation I removed all partitions and recreated the partition table with gparted (as in the single-boot install instructions linked above, which according to parted may have failed to actually convert the disk). If sda1 is now too small, this is the installer's doing. -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
These wiki instructions are really odd. I don't buy their recommendation to convert back to MBR; we'd actually prefer people stay with GPT if that's how their disk comes, and I expect that staying with GPT would fix this problem. grub-setup is just telling it how it is; the message is not a grub2 bug in and of itself. You should be able to reboot successfully (though keep a live CD handy!), but the unreliability of blocklists means that you may have to rerun grub-install more frequently than you otherwise would - for example, after major filesystem rearrangements. http://grub.enbug.org/BIOS_Boot_Partition has some further details here. -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
I have edited the wiki page to note my explicit disagreement with its recommendation. -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
Thanks, Colin, for the quick response and for adding to the wiki. Do you happen to have any idea whether the disk is now GPT, MBR, or some unholy mix of both? It's not only parted that flags it as GPT, fdisk does the same (and recommends parted because it cannot deal with GPT). If for some reason the disk stayed with GPT despite my amateurish intervention, what would this mean for your statement that I expect that staying with GPT would fix this problem? Thanks again. -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
Colin, I was one of the contributing authors of that wiki There are some issues that are specific to the Mac Hybrid system that converting to the MBR format allows, such as being able to boot from partitions beyond #4. I'd say that was the major reason for doing so. I think a lot of the issues that were really cumbersome with GPT are not that big of a deal anymore, and the use of grub2 may solve them all anyway. Either way, it is old, and probably outdated info. It is, of course, and open wiki and you contribution is helpful. -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
If parted says its GPT, then it likely is. -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
Here comes my partition setup from parted. Note that it says that the partition table is GPT, although I used gparted to remove all partitions and to create a new partition table of type msdos prior to installation (as described in the link from my previous post). Some googling showed that several people have this issue and it seems to be caused by the fact that the GPT is actually at the end of the drive not the start. I have no idea whether this GPT issue has an impact on the grub warning. GNU Parted 1.8.8.git-dirty Using /dev/sda Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) unit s (parted) print Model: ATA ST9320423ASG (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 625142448s Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End SizeFile system Name Flags 1 34s 1987s 1954s bios_grub 2 1988s 603027378s 603025391s ext4 3 603027379s 625142414s 22115036s linux-swap(v1) -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
** Tags added: macbookpro mactel-support ** Also affects: mactel-support Importance: Undecided Status: New -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it.
** Attachment added: Dependencies.txt http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38634402/Dependencies.txt -- [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/515724 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
