Public bug reported: I have just now removed some old kernels. I did an update-grub, but grub-install /dev/sda is reporting an odd error that I've never seen before:
root@roisin:~# grub-install /dev/sda Installing for i386-pc platform. grub-install: warning: Sector 50 is already in use by the program `FlexNet'; avoiding it. This software may cause boot or other problems in future. Please ask its authors not to store data in the boot track. I do not know what FlexNet is. Synaptic does not either. This machine has stock Windows 7 and Xubuntu partitions only, and that's all it ever had (well, earlier Windows and Kubuntu, but a long time ago). At the very least, I'd like grub to report more information that might help me figure out what's going on. Or is there some malware that it just discovered. As it stands, I can't tell and don't know how to investigate. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: grub-pc 2.02~beta2-29ubuntu0.3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-34.39-generic 4.2.8-ckt4 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-34-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Mon Mar 21 09:50:00 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-16 (430 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140723) SourcePackage: grub2 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-11-02 (140 days ago) ** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1560130 Title: Grub reports conflict in sector usage. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1560130/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs