https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757502 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757502#c0 Summary: no bootloader created during installation Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Factory Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: richard.bos@xs4all.nl QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/535.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/15.0.846.0 Safari/535.1 SUSE/15.0.846.0 No bootloader created during installation of openSUSE-DVD-Build0317-i586.iso Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install openSUSE 2. Perform the installation step by step 3. After reboot system does not boot anymore because there is no bootloader Actual Results: System is completely useless at this point as it no longer boots (without tricks). Expected Results: System should have a valid bootloader and with that should boot without problems. The logs contain the following errors messages: 2012-04-17 08:11:09 ERROR: Core::ReadFiles: Failed to open /boot/grub2/device.map 2012-04-17 08:11:09 MILESTONE: Library::UpdateBootloader: TRACE avoid_init 1 2012-04-17 08:11:09 MILESTONE: run /usr/sbin/grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg >/var/log/YaST2/y2log_bootloader 2>&1 - ret 32512 + output: sh: /usr/sbin/grub2-mkconfig: No such file or directory 2012-04-17 08:11:09 ERROR: Command '/usr/sbin/grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg >/var/log/YaST2/y2log_bootloader 2>&1' failed with code 32512 and output: sh: /usr/sbin/grub2-mkconfig: No such file or directory update-bootloader called: /sbin/update-bootloader --remove --image /boot/grub2/core.img --name=GNU GRUB 2 2012-04-17 10:26:04 <1> cedar.lan(17750) [Bootloader_API] modules/Bootloader_API.pm(Bootloader_API::DumpLog):28 Library::InitializeBootloader: TRACE 2012-04-17 10:26:04 <1> cedar.lan(17750) [Bootloader_API] modules/Bootloader_API.pm(Bootloader_API::DumpLog):28 run /usr/sbin/grub2-install --force /dev/sda3 >/var/log/YaST2/y2log_bootloader 2>&1 - ret 0 + output: /usr/sbin/grub2-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a partitionless disk or to a partition. This is a BAD idea.. /usr/sbin/grub2-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. logs attached to the bug report -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.