[Bug 1045178] Re: btrfs core image too large for minimal MBRs

2012-11-09 Thread Philipp Schlesinger
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1059827 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Another solution would be to warn about that problem in advance and give instructions how to free space for grub2 (e.g. use gparted for that task). -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 1045178] Re: btrfs core image too large for minimal MBRs

2012-10-02 Thread axion
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1059827 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1059827 Colin, This is no a btrfs problem. I have this problem with most versions of ubuntu that use grub 2, since windows in many cases doesn't leave space but creates the first partition starting at sector 65.

[Bug 1045178] Re: btrfs core image too large for minimal MBRs

2012-10-01 Thread Phillip Susi
*** 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

[Bug 1045178] Re: btrfs core image too large for minimal MBRs

2012-09-18 Thread Colin Watson
axion, this is probably going to be very hard for us to fix and is not going to be a priority, as btrfs is a complex filesystem that requires considerable amounts of code in GRUB to read. Given that btrfs is known not to be terribly space-efficient in many cases, it seems an odd decision to use