Re: Grub2 with sparc64 patches
Hi Eric,
On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 12:38 -0700, Eric Snowberg wrote:
> Since the T5240 doesn’t support GPT, we have to use blocklists, could
> you try this instead:
>
> # grub-install —force /dev/sdb1
>
> The following warning can be ignored for now:
>
> Installing for sparc64-ieee1275 platform.
> grub2-install: 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..
> Installation finished. No error reported.
On an old Sun Blade 1000, without GPT partition table ...
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 68.4 GiB, 73407865856 bytes, 143374738 sectors
Geometry: 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 8922 cylinders
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: sun
Device Start End Sectors Size Id Type Flags
/dev/sda1 0 1048575 1048576 512M 1 Boot
/dev/sda2 1060290 2779244 1718955 839.3M 82 Linux swap u
/dev/sda3 0 143364059 143364060 68.4G 5 Whole disk
/dev/sda4 2779245 73095749 70316505 33.5G 83 Linux native
/dev/sda5 73095750 143364059 70268310 33.5G 83 Linux native
... it does this error as well ...
# grub-install /dev/sda
Installing for sparc64-ieee1275 platform.
grub-install: 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..
grub-install: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
... do i need to install it with a force on /dev/sda1 as well?
Question, and how is this gonna remove the silo boot block on disk?
Thanks,
Frans van Berckel
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