http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497#c yang xiaoyu changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |xyyang@novell.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |jsrain@novell.com |ovo.novell.com | -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497#c2 --- Comment #2 from Thies Thate 2010-07-12 10:46:04 UTC --- I think my knowledge is not enough to give an exact answer. But the situation is as follows: The size of the harddisk is 640GB I use the follwing primary partitions: /dev/sda 596.17 GB WDC-WD6400AAKS-7 /dev/sda1 97.65 GB HPFS/NTFS NTFS for Windows Vista /dev/sda2 996.22 MB Linux swap /dev/sda3 97.65 GB Linux native Ext4 for Mandriva 2010.1 /dev/sda4 100.00 GB Linux native Ext4 / for openSUSE 11.3 I installed openSUSE 11.3 as last distro the menu.lst is ############### # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on zo jul 11 21:01:57 CEST 2010 # THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader # Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader default 0 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,3)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12 root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD6400AAKS-75A7B2_WD-WMASY7572612-part4 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD6400AAKS-75A7B2_WD-WMASY7572612-part2 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x346 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12 root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD6400AAKS-75A7B2_WD-WMASY7572612-part4 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x346 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux (/dev/sda3)### title linux (/dev/sda3) root (hd0,2) configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows### title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy### title Diskette rootnoverify (fd0) chainloader +1 ############### Mandriva has been installed at sda3 but is not recognized as Mandriva. ############### I think, because all partitions are smaller than 128GB the /boot partition is always below 128GB. Or is this taken relatif with regard to the mbr (under windows) By the way, during installation I can choose many possibilities for booting. I always use the normal MBR. But that is not the standard advice openSUSE gives. I did not yet studied mij BIOS. If that is necessary I'll send more information. Regards, Thies ;] (In reply to comment #1)

Thies, is your /boot partition below 128GB or not?

It is possible that this limit is void, it is possible that it is not. It depends on your BIOS, YaST cannot know which BIOS does support booting from

...

128GB disks and which don't.

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497#c4 --- Comment #4 from Thies Thate 2010-07-12 12:09:08 UTC --- Thanks for your explication. Experimenting with new distroes in multiboot makes it less easy if you have to take care of the 128GB boundary. I always use the /boot/grub of the last installed distro. Mostly I change the highest (sda4) partition with the new distro and I keep the sda1 partition always for Windows, the sda2 partion always as linux swap, the sda3 partition mostly for a longer time, also for a linux distro. Question: what can I do if the windows partition is let's say 200GB. Then you never have a linux boot partition below 128GB. But as I said using grub-pc seems not have this problem, using a special probing routine. In the mean time I studied my bios (AM inc V02.61) the SATA0 HardDisk is recognized as a HD with size 640GB with no resrictions. (as for older systems as I know.) (I work with a new Dell Studio Desktop 540 MT) (In reply to comment #3)

Ah, I see where the problem is: 'Below' in this case does not mean 'Smaller', but where they are located on the disk. This means, that if you have 5 partitions on a 300GB disk, each 60GB, first two are below 128GB, others are not.

Jozef, consider changing the wording to something like 'entirely within the first 128GB of the disk'.

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497#c6 theo opitz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |fenriswoolf@gmx.net --- Comment #6 from theo opitz 2010-08-23 16:32:00 UTC --- (In reply to comment #5)

I have the same error. But I want to point out, that installing the older version 11.2 in the same partition (above 128 GB) with the same parameters works without problems! Therefore the error may not be in GRUB itself but in the installation routine of 11.3.

same here ... never had any trouble before 11.3 ... i tried to install 11.3 on a different pc with its own hdd, same thing ... seems to be systemic to 11.3 .. theo -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497#c7 --- Comment #7 from Josef Reidinger 2010-10-04 08:52:29 UTC --- OK, I am not maintainer of y2bl, so could you please explain what exactly is wrong? Message, don't detect other OS or it doesn't boot at all? And could you please attach y2logs ( so I can see what happen inside installer)? -- 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.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=621497#c9 Josef Reidinger changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED InfoProvider|m.j.thate@tele2.nl | Resolution| |NORESPONSE --- Comment #9 from Josef Reidinger 2010-12-03 16:31:36 UTC --- no response more then two months. Feel free to attach it and reopen 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.