X-Git-Url: https://git.grml.org/?p=grml2usb.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=grml2usb.8.txt;h=d4f4c5203d44c76dd835a7abfc07f2314e83cd4b;hp=995c8a526b0e3f2e0afcd263e30c493471d53dd0;hb=1b81caa08656533f4099c2296ee1eea4acb2ae23;hpb=23fdbb4480fe937d94845754a448b8c2b724b0b7 diff --git a/grml2usb.8.txt b/grml2usb.8.txt index 995c8a5..d4f4c52 100644 --- a/grml2usb.8.txt +++ b/grml2usb.8.txt @@ -460,7 +460,47 @@ The following message: '/usr/sbin/grub-install: line 374: [: =: unary operator expected' -This is "normal". Just ignore it. +This is "normal". Just ignore it. (It usually doesn't appear +on the second invocation on the same device.) + +[[unknown-filesystem]] +grub-install fails with grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem?! +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The following message: + + grub-probe: error: unknown filesystem + Auto-detection of a filesystem module failed. + Please specify the module with the option `--modules' explicitly. + +usually means that the device partition table says something else than the +filesystem on the device. For example using FAT16 as filesystem type and +using FAT32 as filesystem on the partition will not work. Either set filesystem +type to FAT32 or format the partition using FAT16. It is essential that +device partition table and filesystem use the same filesystem type. + +[[mbr-vs-pbr]] +grub-setup fails after Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR?! +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The following message: + + grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea. + 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. + grub-setup: error: Cannot read `/grub/core.img' correctly + +appears because recent grub2 versions introduced a regression which avoids that +grub is being installed into a partition (instead of MBR). We (the grml2usb +developers) are evaluating the current situation (thinking about installing grub +into the MBR). To fix this issue in the meanwhile either manually execute +(adjust '/dev/sdx' to your device of course): + + mount /dev/sdx1 /mnt/test + grub-install --force --recheck --no-floppy --root-directory=/mnt/test /dev/sdx + +after execution of grml2usb failed (this will will install grub into the MBR of +the specified device) or consider using the '--syslinux' option until this issue +is resolved. Sorry about that. [[splash-xpm]] I'm getting something like "Error: /usr/share/grml2usb/grub/splash.xpm.gz can not be read"!?