GRUB2 changes, introducing EFI

[Grzesiek]

W dniu 28.10.2012 20:46, Jacek Konieczny pisze:
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 08:12:29PM +0100, Grzesiek wrote:
>> I'm using grub2 but some old version from RCD because new packages from
>> TH won't fit into my MBR.
> Why do you want grub installed in MBR? I don't think any GRUB would fit into 446 bytes.
>
> I guess you mean one of the options often used with legacy grub:
> 1. the space between MBR and the first partition
> 2. the unused space at the beginning of a ext[234] file system
>
> Which one? And how much space do you have there?
The first one, first partition starts on 32256B
>
> I was playing with GUID Partition Table on both my laptop and the EFI
> server and used a dedicated BIOS Boot Partition to hold grub in both
> cases.
>
> Probably just an  optimisation issue. And optimisation is the thing to
> do last, when everything else is working. Unless your case is a very
> common one.

I'm using ext4 partition on lvm on one disk.

Numer Początek Koniec Rozmiar Typ System plików Flaga
1 32256B 30005821439B 30005789184B primary ntfs ładowalna
2 30005821440B 999782783999B 969776962560B primary
3 999782784000B 1000202273279B 419489280B primary linux-swap(v1)

I'm trying to install grub by "grub-install /dev/sda" and it fails 
because core.img is to big, is there any other way to install grub in 
this configuration?