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19 Sep 2007 19 Sep '07

09:37

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c326269 Summary: Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3 Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: RC 1 Platform: i586 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: timlee@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: Integration Test * booted from GNOME 10.3 CD * selected sda3 to install 10.3, formated partition. * ran into bug #326269 * rebooted machine and selected the SLED 10 item in the grub menu. * instead of loading SLED 10 all I got was a GRUB> prompt * had to issue grub commands: root (hd0,1) and setup (hd0) * then I could boot into the SLED 10 install on hda2 menu.1st from 10.3 install ============================================================================== # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Wed Sep 19 08:38:14 UTC 2007 default 0 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,2)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 10.3 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-21-bigsmp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_HTS726060M9AT00_MRH453M4HAU8LB-part3 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-21-bigsmp ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (/dev/sda2)### title SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (/dev/sda2) rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 10.3 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-21-bigsmp root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_HTS726060M9AT00_MRH453M4HAU8LB-part3 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.22.5-21-bigsmp # fdisk -l /dev/hda Disk /dev/hda: 60.0 GB, 60011642880 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 116280 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 4431 2233003+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda2 4431 23795 9759487+ 83 Linux Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda3 * 23795 43207 9783585 83 Linux Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/hda4 43207 116280 36829012+ 83 Linux -- 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.

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19 Sep 19 Sep

09:38

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c1 --- Comment #1 from Tim Lee 2007-09-19 03:38:21 MST --- Created an attachment (id=173266) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=173266) yast2 log files -- 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.

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11:04

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285 Cyril Hrubis changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |odabrunz@novell.com -- 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.

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18:57

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c2 Stephan Kulow changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flag| |SHIP_STOPPER+ --- Comment #2 from Stephan Kulow 2007-09-19 12:57:55 MST --- hmm, so it uses chainloader for a parition without bootloader -- 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.

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24 Sep 24 Sep

09:23

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c3 Martin Vidner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mvidner@novell.com --- Comment #3 from Martin Vidner 2007-09-24 03:23:43 MST --- It uses a chainloader because it thinks the partition is bootable: y2log-1: 2007-09-19 04:04:57 <1> linux(3301) [YCP] BootGRUB.ycp:227 Mounted /dev/sda2 2007-09-19 04:04:57 <1> linux(3301) [YCP] BootGRUB.ycp:239 Found files ["/tmp/YaST2-03301-wYXsyZ/bldetect/boot/grub/menu.lst"] 2007-09-19 04:04:57 <1> linux(3301) [YCP] bootloader/routines/misc.ycp:706 PBR examining script returned $["exit":254, "stderr":"", "stdout":"Grub stage1\n"] -- 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.

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11:21

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c4 Martin Vidner changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |timlee@novell.com --- Comment #4 from Martin Vidner 2007-09-24 05:21:23 MST --- One possibility is that the script examining the sda2 boot record did not work correctly. But given its simplicity (see /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/examine_mbr.pl from yast2-bootloader.rpm) I think it is unlikely. So with my limited knowledge I am stuck at "the bug could not have happened" :-/ Tim, do you remember the original booting scheme? Was Grub installed in the BR of sda2? If you don't remember, attach the y2logs from that partition. -- 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.

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14:27

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c5 Olaf Dabrunz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|Installation |Installation Product|openSUSE 10.3 |openSUSE 11.0 Version|RC 1 |unspecified --- Comment #5 from Olaf Dabrunz 2007-09-24 08:27:17 MST --- To summarize: from the bug description and the logs we understand that (hd0,1) aka /dev/sda2 contains a GRUB stage1. This stage1 finds the stage2 (so a GRUB> prompt can be displayed), but for for some unknown reason it fails to find the menu.lst. The reason may be that stage1 and stage2 of GRUB are relics of an older installation on that partition, and stage2 tries to look for the configfile on the wrong partition. In this case it is very difficult to do anything. We would need to look into stage1 to find the position of stage2, and then we need an at least half-way reliable way to find out where this stage2 looks for the menu.lst. This cannot be done for 10.3. It is a feature for after 10.3. Note that it may be possible to do something if stage2 could also not be found: during menu.lst update, verify the position of the stage2 in the GRUB stage1 (which can be done for some years with GRUB), and if it looks OK, create a chainloader entry, otherwise create a configfile entry. This also requires too much new code and is a feature for after 10.3. Tim, leaving you in needinfo because of comment #4. -- 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.

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14:29

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c6 --- Comment #6 from Olaf Dabrunz 2007-09-24 08:29:11 MST --- Last comment was garbled, repeating it: To summarize: from the bug description and the logs we understand that (hd0,1) aka /dev/sda2 contains a GRUB stage1. This stage1 finds the stage2 (so a GRUB> prompt can be displayed), but for for some unknown reason it fails to find the menu.lst. The reason may be that stage1 and stage2 of GRUB are relics of an older installation on that partition, and stage2 tries to look for the configfile on the wrong partition. In this case it is very difficult to do anything. We would need to look into stage1 to find the position of stage2, and then we need an at least half-way reliable way to find out where this stage2 looks for the menu.lst. This cannot be done for 10.3. It is a feature for after 10.3. Note that it may be possible to do something if stage2 could also not be found: during menu.lst update, verify the position of the stage2 in the GRUB stage1 (which can be done for some years with GRUB), and if it looks OK, create a chainloader entry, otherwise create a configfile entry. This also requires too much new code and is a feature for after 10.3. Tim, leaving you in needinfo because of comment #4. -- 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.

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26 Sep 26 Sep

15:52

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c7 Tim Lee changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|timlee@novell.com | --- Comment #7 from Tim Lee 2007-09-26 09:51:54 MST --- Created an attachment (id=174901) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=174901) yast2 logs from sda2, SLED 10 partition Well sda2 has had SLED 10 installed on it for quite a while and was my primary work OS. I was booting from sda2 for quite a while so I would think grub was installed in the BR of the partition. I had installed an earlier release on 10.3 on sda3 so from that point on I was probably loading grub from sda3 and then booting the SLED 10 kernel on sda2. -- 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.

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10 Oct 10 Oct

12:35

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c8 Olaf Dabrunz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED --- Comment #8 from Olaf Dabrunz 2007-10-10 06:35:15 MST --- Tim, thanks for the info. Discussing our options with the grub maintainer. -- 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.

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New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c9 Olaf Dabrunz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |duwe@novell.com --- Comment #9 from Olaf Dabrunz 2007-10-10 06:38:24 MST --- duwe@, comment #6 already contains input from you. What do you think, what would be the most reasonable way to implement something like this "does this BR look bootable" detection? -- 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.

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22 Oct 22 Oct

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New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285 Matej Horvath changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |stefan.fent@novell.com Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|duwe@novell.com | -- 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.

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31 Oct 31 Oct

08:30

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285 Stefan Fent changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|stefan.fent@novell.com |yast2-maintainers@suse.de -- 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.

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09:06

New subject: [Bug 326285] Could not boot from previous linux partition after installing 10.3

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c12 michal zugec changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |dfiser@novell.com --- Comment #12 from michal zugec 2007-10-31 03:06:29 MST --- reassign to yast2-bootloader maintainer -- 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.

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5 Dec 5 Dec

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285 Martin Mrazik changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |jsrain@novell.com -- 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.

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6 Dec 6 Dec

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285 Jiri Srain changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jsrain@novell.com |juhliarik@novell.com -- 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.

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22 May 22 May

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285 Stephan Kulow changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flag|SHIP_STOPPER+ |SHIP_STOPPER- -- 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.

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6 Oct 6 Oct

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285 Stanislav Visnovsky changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |visnov@novell.com Component|Installation |Bootloader -- 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.

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11 Dec 11 Dec

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285 Jozef Uhliarik changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium -- 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.

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6 Jan 6 Jan

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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=326285#c14 Jozef Uhliarik changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #14 from Jozef Uhliarik 2009-01-06 05:45:26 MST --- The script /usr/lib/YaST2/bin/examine_mbr.pl was updated. If partition (where is old/other OS) is bootable create chainloader if not create configfile. IMO it works and solve the problem. Fixed in 11.1 -- 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.

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