[Bug 515724] Re: [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: "Your embedding area is unusually small. core.img won't fit in it."

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  [Lucid] Upgrade of grub-pc: "Your embedding area is unusually small.
  core.img won't fit in it."

Status in Mactel Support:
  New
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  Yesterday I installed Lucid on a MacBook Pro 5,4 (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookPro5-4/Lucid), using the snapshot disc image. I removed Mac OS X and converted the disk to MBR like described here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MactelSupportTeam/AppleIntelInstallation#Single-Boot:%20Ubuntu%20Only
  The installation went totally fine.

  Today I did an aptitude full-upgrade, which pulled in a new grub-
  common and grub-pc. grub-pc generated this error:

  Setting up grub-common (1.98~20100115-1ubuntu3) ...
  Setting up grub-pc (1.98~20100115-1ubuntu3) ...
  /usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Your embedding area is unusually small.  core.img won't fit in it.
  /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.
  Generating grub.cfg ...
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-12-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-12-generic
  Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
  done

  I am now afraid to reboot.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Feb  1 22:28:48 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100131)
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl nvidia
  Package: grub-pc 1.98~20100115-1ubuntu3
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.16-generic
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic x86_64

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