Description of problem: I cannot install grub2 to my /boot partition as my MBR has truecrypt on it. I previously had grub (gentoo) on this partition. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): grub2-1.99-19.fc17.i686 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 2048 61442111 30720032 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 61442112 312581807 125569848 5 Extended /dev/sda5 61444160 61648959 102400 83 Linux /dev/sda6 61651008 93108287 15728640 83 Linux /dev/sda7 93110336 97304639 2097152 82 Linux swap / Solaris sda5 /boot sda6 / 1. grub2-install /dev/sda5 Actual results: /sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. /sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. /sbin/grub2-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists. Expected results: Should install bootloader to /boot Additional info:
Additional info: sda5 was also selectable in anaconda during live install, but didnt work
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 808948 ***
As grub says: blocklists are not reliable and other means should be used if possible. In order to use blocklists you have to use -f.
It didnt work. I tried that already
Please show us the command and the output.
I will reinstall F17 tonight if I find the time. I already compiled a LFS on that machine that needs backing up first (its only an atom and i'm not wiping it) Please stand by
Soooo.. I retried this, even with updating the system etc. If I force with -f I get "installation complete" but the system is still unbootable
(Only "GRUB" is displayed then boot stops)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804835