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On Mon, Jun 20, 2016, at 03:52 PM, Jay Pipes wrote:
> Hi dib-gurus,
> 
> I'm trying to build a simple ubuntu VM image on a local Gigabyte BRIX 
> with a AMD A8-5557M APU with Ubuntu 16.04 installed and getting an odd 
> error. Hoping someone has some ideas...
> 
> The command I am running is:
> 
> disk-image-create -o /tmp/ubuntu.qcow2 --image-size=10 ubuntu vm
> 
> Everything goes smoothly until trying to write the MBR, at which point I 
> get the following error:
> 
> + /usr/sbin/grub-install '--modules=biosdisk part_msdos' 
> --target=i386-pc /dev/loop0
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> /usr/sbin/grub-install: warning: this msdos-style partition label has no 
> post-MBR gap; embedding won't be possible.
> /usr/sbin/grub-install: error: embedding is not possible, but this is 
> required for cross-disk install.
> /dev/loop0: [0047]:3 (/tmp/image.hk8wiFJe/image.raw)
> 
> Anybody got any ideas?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> -jay

Hey Jay,

I just tried to reproduce this on my 14.04 box and wasn't able to so I
am betting there's some kind of new bug with us on 16.04. Do you get the
same error if you run without --image-size=10? Last time we had an issue
like this a new grub version changed the default behavior, so I'd
suspect something along those lines.

I am trying out a new run on a 16.04 box but its going to be a bit
before the cloud image downloads (cloud-image.ubuntu.com is pretty
slow)...

Cheers,
Greg