[Bug 330993] New: grub doesn't boot after update from 10.1
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330993 Summary: grub doesn't boot after update from 10.1 Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Update Problems AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: koenig@linux.de QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- IBM T60 (T7200, 2GB ram) with 10.1 partition, updated to 10.3 with GM DVD (no netwoork repos, see Bug 304266). update went smooth, but finally the notebook doesn't boot anymore. it just hangs with "GRUB loading stage2.." I booted the rescue system, mounted the 10.3 partition, tried cp -a /dev/* /mnt/dev/ chroot /mnt mount /proc mount /sys grub-install /dev/sda I got no error from grub-install (but very different output than in 10.2) but the system still does not boot. so again rescue and with the commands above I re-activated the 10.2 partition on the same disk. y2log available if needed. -- 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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--- Comment #1 from Dr. Shamsundar
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Richard Creighton
Created an attachment (id=176681) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=176681) [details] Changed HD names (hdxx to sdxx) cause problems for GRUB
Simple problem with a simple fix.
With all due respect Dr, this simple problem is the root cause of at least a half dozen major problems that have been eluding repair since early in the beta testing that has yet to be resolved and which prevents proper operation of the repair program, proper upgrades from earlier versions, problems when multiple OS's are involved, Problems when IDE/SATA combos are involved and others. Please, if there is truly a simple fix, submit it and close a significant number of open bugs. I don't mean to be snide but I, and I am sure others have lost many hours attempting to recover lost data caused by this simple problem that was, in my opinion, ill-conceived and improperly implemented or at the least, incompletely implemented without complete consideration of all of the side-effects. -- 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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--- Comment #3 from Harald Koenig
Created an attachment (id=176681) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=176681) [details] Changed HD names (hdxx to sdxx) cause problems for GRUB
Simple problem with a simple fix.
your problem seems to be completely different to my issues. for me, the grub menue doesn't get loaded at all, grub stalles even before that stage. I tried "grub-install" again from rescue system (see Bug 331811) like this + /usr/sbin/grub-install.unsupported --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sda Installation finished. No error reported. This is the contents of the device map /mnt/boot/grub/device.map. Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect, fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'. (hd0) /dev/sda but now I get ---------------------------------------------- GRUB Loading stage1.5. Loading stage 2... ---------------------------------------------- and that's it -- system freezes again :-( so I'm again installing the grub from my 10.2 partition, that one works fine and can book my 10.3 partition too (obviously;). any ideas ? -- 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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