Re: System broken after full-upgrade: please help!
On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 13:14:35 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:
>
> > On Thu 07 Aug 2014 at 12:39:59 +0100, Brian wrote:
> >
> >> At the prompt issue the commands
> >>
> >> grub-install /dev/sda
> >>
> >> update-grub
> >>
> >> reboot
> >
> > Forget the last line.
> >
> > grub-install /dev/sda
> >
> > update-grub
> >
> > exit
> >
> > Then reboot.
>
>
> When I do `grub-install /dev/sda', it unfortunately says:
>
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> grub-install: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding.
> 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.
>
> I'm afraid, I'd better delete the system and install it again onto an `ext3'
> filesystem?
By 'ext2' GRUB means ext2/ext3/ext4. See where
grub-install --force /dev/sda
gets you.
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