F16 Alpha GRUB install failure

[valent.turkovic at gmail.com]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Adam Williamson <awilliam at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 15:59 -0500, David Lehman wrote:
>> On Thu, 2011-08-25 at 22:56 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
>> > Between TC1 and release of F16 Alpha, something must have changed to the
>> > worse with regard to installing GRUB to a partition's primary sector.
>> > Partitioning hasn't changed. TC1 managed to install GRUB to /dev/sda3.
>> > Anaconda now reports failure to install, and I've found this on virtual
>> > console:
>> >
>> >   /usr/sbin/grub2-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a
>> >   partitionless disk or to a partitionj. This is a BAD idea..
>> >
>> >   /usr/sbin/grub2-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be
>> >   installed in this setup using blocklists. However, blocklists are
>> >   UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged..
>> >
>> >   /usr/sbin/grub2-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists.
>> >
>> > Bug or feature?
>>
>> Both? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728742
>
> Also see:
>
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F16_bugs#grub2-partition-fail
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This is a really mayor but and I don't understand it why it fails when
I tried grub2-install --force then grub installs without issues :(
This should have been a blocker Fedora bug.

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