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Re: Installing GRUB on 2048b Sector Size ?


From: Stefan Misch
Subject: Re: Installing GRUB on 2048b Sector Size ?
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:22:41 +0100
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Hi Mohammed,

As the error message says, writing to a partitionless Disk is a Bad idea. Try to partition it and then install grub.

Regards,
Stefan



Mohammad Badie Zadegan <address@hidden> schrieb:
Hi,
I want to install GRUB on 2048 Byte Sector Size .
My USB Device is 4GigaByte Sony Walkman and accessible on /dev/sdf
I tried with these commands but still did not bootable !!
How can i bootable it with GRUB or other Bootloaders ?


address@hidden:~# grub-install /dev/sdf
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a
partitionless disk. This is a BAD idea..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only
be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists
are UNRELIABLE and its use is discouraged..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: if you really want blocklists, use --force.

address@hidden:~# grub-install --force /dev/sdf
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a
partitionless disk. This is a BAD idea..
/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only
be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists
are UNRELIABLE and its use is discouraged..
Installation finished. No error reported.



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