Re: Cannot install grub

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:29 AM mcpain <mcpain@basealt.ru> wrote:
>
> Hi. I was unable to install grub on my PC with following error:
>
> # grub-install /dev/sda
> unable to identify a filesystem at hostdisk//dev/sda; safety check can't be
> performed
>
> using grub-2.02
> There's a single volume on disk without partition table and it's encrypted
> with LUKS.
This can't work as boot sector and LUKS structure would occupy the
same place. You're lucky that I have written this check as otherwise
it would have killed your LUKS
>
> When I install on unencrypted volume, grub successfully installs on disk.



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Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko