Bug#553415: grub-pc: grub-pc 1.97 needs --force on macintel to install

[Felix Zielcke]

tag 553415 pending
thanks

Am Freitag, den 06.11.2009, 18:34 +0100 schrieb Cédric Boutillier:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.97-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think the problem comes from the fact that on my Mac there is no BIOS
> Boot Partition in my GPT partition map. As a consequence, I needed to
> install it using blocklists.
> 
> It seemed to be no problem (except some warnings) up to version
> 1.97~beta3 or ~beta4. But since 1.97-1, the option --force is required
> for grub-install to install grub to blocklists. This switch is not
> passed to grub-install during the configuration of the new version,
> leading to an badly installed grub and an unbootable system.
> 
> Typing from the commandline
> 
> # sudo grub-install --force /dev/sda
> 
> seemed to solve the problem for me, since I can now boot with grub
> 1.97-1.
> 
> Hope it helps.

I added it now to the postinst.

> I should probably try grup-efi instead, since creating a BIOS Boot
> partition requires the creation of a new partition.
> 
> See: http://grub.enbug.org/BIOS_Boot_Partition for more info on grub-pc
> and bios boot partitions.

Just use (g)parted to make one smaller. You only need ~1MiB for the
bios_grub one.
grub-efi isn't that working well. If grub-pc works fine for you I
suggest you just keep it.



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Felix Zielcke
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