Grub2 install failed with “unable to identify a filesystem in hotdisk… safety check can't be performed”
On a VM-ware insatnce, I am trying to install grub2 bootloader onto a brand new SCSI disk. I want to install it onto the disk's MBR.
I run sudo grub-install /dev/sda and got the error "unable to identify a filesystem in hotdisk//dev/sda; safety check can't be performed."
Questions
- What am I doing wrong?
- And why is there a need for a filesystem? I thought since I am trying to install it to the MBR (not a partition's boot record), it should not care about filesystem/partition. I should just simply write the bootloader to the first 512 bytes of the disk.
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On a VM-ware insatnce, I am trying to install grub2 bootloader onto a brand new SCSI disk. I want to install it onto the disk's MBR.
I run sudo grub-install /dev/sda and got the error "unable to identify a filesystem in hotdisk//dev/sda; safety check can't be performed."
Questions
- What am I doing wrong?
- And why is there a need for a filesystem? I thought since I am trying to install it to the MBR (not a partition's boot record), it should not care about filesystem/partition. I should just simply write the bootloader to the first 512 bytes of the disk.
grub2 boot-loader
asked 5 mins ago
Tran TrietTran Triet
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On a VM-ware insatnce, I am trying to install grub2 bootloader onto a brand new SCSI disk. I want to install it onto the disk's MBR.
I run sudo grub-install /dev/sda and got the error "unable to identify a filesystem in hotdisk//dev/sda; safety check can't be performed."
Questions
- What am I doing wrong?
- And why is there a need for a filesystem? I thought since I am trying to install it to the MBR (not a partition's boot record), it should not care about filesystem/partition. I should just simply write the bootloader to the first 512 bytes of the disk.
grub2 boot-loader
asked 5 mins ago
Tran TrietTran Triet
1249
On a VM-ware insatnce, I am trying to install grub2 bootloader onto a brand new SCSI disk. I want to install it onto the disk's MBR.
I run sudo grub-install /dev/sda and got the error "unable to identify a filesystem in hotdisk//dev/sda; safety check can't be performed."
Questions
- What am I doing wrong?
- And why is there a need for a filesystem? I thought since I am trying to install it to the MBR (not a partition's boot record), it should not care about filesystem/partition. I should just simply write the bootloader to the first 512 bytes of the disk.
grub2 boot-loader
grub2 boot-loader
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Tran TrietTran Triet
1249
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Tran TrietTran Triet
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Tran TrietTran Triet
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