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
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #26954 (project grub):
in #27406, petrius wrote:
because the usb drive I was using was 32 sectors/track. I didn't even know
that could be an issue.
It looks like the USB stick i'm using has the same issue, according to fdisk
-l:
0 pip:~# fdisk -l /dev/sdc
Disk
Update of bug #26954 (project grub):
Release:None = other
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Follow-up Comment #6:
Any suggestions for what can be done to work around this?
What's with this workaround mentality?
Follow-up Comment #7, bug #26954 (project grub):
The workaround mentality comes from the fact that there are no clear
suggestions for how to resolve the problem. The error message is fairly
opaque, even though i think i have a decent grasp of what's going on.
It sounds to me like you're saying
Follow-up Comment #2, bug #26954 (project grub):
We fixed a bug that caused this false error to be reported. Please update,
and you'll get the correct one.
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Follow-up Comment #3, bug #26954 (project grub):
I'm still getting the same error. I just did svn update. Should I have done
something like -AdP like with cvs?
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Summary: grub-install on usb drive: Your embedding area is
unusually small. core.img
Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted by: peterius
Submitted on: Sat 04 Jul 2009 02:52:50 AM GMT
Follow-up Comment #1, bug #26954 (project grub):
More info. The usb disk is 256 mbs and /dev/sdb1 Win95 FAT32 partition
starts at 32 whereas the core.img grub-install is trying to put on there is
47.
So I guess this might not be a bug, but I'm wondering where the core.img is
or if the
