Description of problem: My attempt to install Fedora 18 failed with the following error messages. /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible. /usr/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 discourage.. /usr/bin/grub2-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists. I am installing on a system with 6 seagate hardrives which are 3TB in size. However, I am only installing to the /dev/sda hardrive for this case. My installation hardrive was pre-partitioned with gparted from Knoppix 7.0.4 live bootable DVD. It has a gpt partition table with the following partitions: /dev/sda1 2 MiB ext4 /dev/sda2 2048 MiB ext4 /dev/sda3 40960 MiB ext4 /dev/sda4 1778000 MiB ext4 /dev/sda5 256000 MiB ext4 /dev/sda6 768000 MiB ext4 /dev/sda7 16577 MiB linux-swap I then choose to use the customize partitions option of the F18 installer and configure the above existing partitions as follows with each partition being formatted during the install. /dev/sda1 2 MiB BIOS Boot /dev/sda2 2048 MiB ext4 /boot /dev/sda3 40960 MiB ext4 / /dev/sda4 1778000 MiB ext4 /home /dev/sda5 256000 MiB ext4 /data1 /dev/sda6 768000 MiB ext4 /data2 /dev/sda7 16577 MiB swap The installation process does indicate that /dev/sda1 is being reformatted to the BIOS Boot type. But the F18 installer indicates that it can't find a BIOS Boot partition. In the installer, /dev/sda was selected for installation of the boot loader and there was only one of the 6 drives selected for the installation process, that one being /dev/sda. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Not sure what the version number was for anaconda but it was from the x86_g4 full installation DVD iso. How reproducible: I have reproduced it twice. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot the F18 installation DVD 2. Configure installation options 3. Start install Actual results: Install fails with error and warning messages cited above. Expected results: A successful install. Additional info:
BTW, I was able to successfully install Fedora 17 on my machine with the initial partitioning scheme mentioned above. This problem is specific to my attempts to install Fedora 18.
I'm stuck and need a path forward. Is it possible that someone could review my install procedure above and let me know if I am doing something fundamentally wrong?
Have you tried again with F19? If you have F17 installed, you can use the "fedup" command to upgrade to F18 or F19. $ sudo repoquery fedup --releasever=17 fedup-0:0.7.3-5.fc17.noarch $ sudo repoquery fedup --list --releasever=17 | grep man8 /usr/share/man/man8/fedup-cli.8.gz /usr/share/man/man8/fedup.8.gz
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