[PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem

[Dick Steffens]

On 1/29/20 5:15 PM, Nat Taylor wrote:
> by /dev/sdX
> I mean, /dev/sda or whatever device your main hard drive is, you could find
> out by typing
> df
> first, and see which drive your / is on.
> and use that for sdX

~# df
<...>
/def/sda5
<...>

~# (grub-install /dev/sda5 )*
bash: sybntax error near unexpected token `*'
~# (grub-install /dev/sda5)*
bash: sybntax error near unexpected token `*'
~# (grub-install /dev/sda5)
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: warning: File system`exxt2' doesn't support embedding.
grub-install: 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..
grub-install: error: willnot proceed with blocklists.
~# (grub-install /dev/sda)
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
~# reboot

Booted normally.

Thanks for the recommendation.

I still get the "System program problem detected" but the machine 
appears to run like it used to.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens