[Bug 445416] [NEW] grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea.

[philinux]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: grub2

This error message gets spitted out everytime grub gets updated. Similar
message from installer when installing grub2 to a partition.

Setting up grub-common (1.97~beta3-1ubuntu8) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/grub-common ...

Setting up grub-pc (1.97~beta3-1ubuntu8) ...
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.
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct  7 14:05:55 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: grub2 (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.40-generic
SourcePackage: grub2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic x86_64

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR.  This is a BAD idea.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/445416
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