Re: grub-setup: error: Non-sector-aligned data is found in the core file

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 07:24:29PM +0200, UrJiZ wrote:
> I've been working on a project of mine, putting GRUB2 to An award BIOS
> using ROMOS (http://rayer.ic.cz/romos/romose.htm).
> I've succesfully compiled GRUB 2 and generated my first rom disk
> image. I used http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnX86 ,"Creating the
> Floppy" as my guide. I followed it mostly but skipping the copying of
> all the mods to the image (no space in 62K for 'em),  but adding all
> the necesary modules to the core.img.
> The succesfull core.img was created using the following command:
> ./grub-mkimage -d . -v -o core.img biosdisk configfile terminal normal
> _chain fat linux ext2 ls font halt pc
> 
> The disk had 5.5K of free space on this version, and I as I saw ata.c,
> i thought that it could also support CD's by adding ata and iso9660.
> So, a new core.img was created like so:
> ./grub-mkimage -d . -v -o core.img biosdisk configfile terminal normal
> _chain fat linux ext2 ls font halt pc ata iso9660
> 
> This core.img was a little bit larger, left 1K of free on the disk
> (good for grub.cfg when all else is done).
> This time grub-setup failed with the error on the subject line. I
> googled for it and found nothing, so i thought i could ask here about
> it.
> 
> So, why is this a problem, and why it worked for the first time but
> not with 2 more modules?...

For building a floppy use grub-mkrescue instead.

Btw, could someone update the wiki ?

-- 
Robert Millan

<GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call!
<DRM> What use is a phone call, if you are unable to speak?
(as seen on /.)