From: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
To: Brendan Tildesley <mail@brendan.scot>
Cc: othacehe@gnu.org, 44027@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44027: 1.2-29a2eb3 Installer fails at final stage installing GRUB.
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:32:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lfg65jho.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <76f35a63-62e8-4653-865b-b14bb273db34@brendan.scot> (Brendan Tildesley's message of "Fri, 16 Oct 2020 19:03:07 +1100")
Hi Brendan,
Brendan Tildesley <mail@brendan.scot> skribis:
> Going through the GUI installer selecting all the defaults, and install with LVM and ecryption, AND for the normal option without encryption I get these errors on TWO different laptops, both ~10 years old with BIOS.
>
> Encrypted:
>
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible.
> grub-install: error: embedding is not possible, but this is required for RAID and LVM install.
>
> Unencrypted:
>
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> grub-install: warning: this GPT partition label contains no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible.
> 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.
Shouldn’t it create a “legacy” partition table rather than GPT since
we’re on an old, non-UEFI platform?
Ludo’.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-16 14:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-16 8:03 bug#44027: 1.2-29a2eb3 Installer fails at final stage installing GRUB Brendan Tildesley
2020-10-16 14:32 ` Ludovic Courtès [this message]
2020-10-16 22:55 ` Brett Gilio
2020-10-17 13:09 ` bug#44027: [PATCH] installer: Create bios_grub partition when it is needed Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
2020-10-18 2:02 ` Brendan Tildesley
2020-10-18 4:07 ` Brendan Tildesley
2020-10-18 15:52 ` Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
2020-10-18 17:03 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-10-19 5:57 ` Brendan Tildesley
2020-10-19 10:48 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-10-19 13:21 ` Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
2020-10-19 15:51 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-10-19 19:59 ` Miguel Ángel Arruga Vivas
2020-10-20 5:33 ` Bengt Richter
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