[SOLVED]Any Spring 2014 release: installation errors at GRUB

[bones]

I have tried a couple of different Spring 2014 releases, most recently Puszi, and the installations errors out at installing GRUB, leaving this message (bbqinstaller_error.log) in /var/log:

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/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: File system 'ext2' doesn't support embedding
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged
/usr/sbin/grub-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists

The thing is, I haven't used ext2 at all in my partitioning schemes. I have tried installing using these different partition setups (and probably a couple more I'm not remembering):

1) one big ext4 partition
2) 10GB ext4 /boot, 1.6GB swap, 49.9GB ext4 /home
3) 1GB swap, the rest ext4

All attempts end in the same error. What the hell am I doing wrong? I have tried using both gparted and cfdisk, both with the same result. I feel like I must be doing something so obviously stupid that I'm completely missing it, and need someone to point out what I'm doing wrong, at which point I will *facepalm* and crawl away in shame.

[pidsley]

Are you trying to install GRUB to a device (/dev/sda) or a partition (/dev/sda1) ? Have you tried installing without GRUB and then chrooting into the install to run "grub-install /dev/sda" ?

I don't have an empty machine to test with right now, but I'll get one running later today if you don't solve this by then.

[bones]

Are you trying to install GRUB to a device (/dev/sda) or a partition (/dev/sda1) ?

And there it is right there. Yup, I have reason to believe I was trying to install to a partition rather than the device. Problem solved. Commence *facepalm*. Duh.

[pidsley]

Good. I was a little worried, because I almost never install a new spin to a clean machine (just a separate partition with another spin controlling GRUB) and I never tested this.

But I just did a clean install on an empty machine and everything works, so I'll bet you were tring to install GRUB to a partition.

[bones]

^ Yes, exactly. I think I was trying to install it on /dev/sda1, rather than /dev/sda. Sometimes, no matter how long you've been doing this stuff, you (meaning "me") can still come up with a retarded way of trying to do something. Anyway, SOLVED.

[GekkoP]

I edited topic title for you ;)

[bones]

^ Thanks, Gekko! :)

[wuxmedia]

Don't worry, just proves you are a human 8)

[ChefIronBelly]

I have recently installed Spring 2014 to a build machine virgin drive and it installed fine and works fine. I have also done the same with my last two spins with the same results. The only side effect was the grub menu entry says "siduction 2013.2.1 december (nox)" that's because bbqsnaphot script doesn't touch the /etc/default/grub.d/siduction.cfg or create/replace with a new one.

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GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="siduction 2013.2.1 december (nox)"

First time I looked at why it does that will update in the future.

Note: ext4 and swap used.

[machinebacon]

This is okay like this because it is siduction and credit where credit is due. This also helps people understand that they are actually running siduction, now that bbq has different bases (Ubuntu, fedora, debian stable/testing, killx, etc)