https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=385313 Summary: Grub installation issue Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Beta 1 Platform: i686 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: romain.pelissier@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- After the first step of installation, when all should be ok for the first reboot, you have to install the grub boot loader. In my case, I came into several issue that may be related to a general problem with the grub part of the setup. For your info, I have on the sdb disk: sdb1 : xp sdb2 : vista sdb4 : extended sdb5 : linux sdb6 : swap * 1st try - I have a list of the different Os that I can add to the grub boot menu. Instead of acceting the proposed settings, I have choose the option to read the configuration from disk to see if all is ok. After I did this, the 'openSUSE', 'Floppy' and 'FailSafe' entry disappeared and I an entry listed as 'linux...<kernel version>-pae'. My others os entries appears (Xp and Vista). when saving and rebooting, grub was not installed and I have my vista bootloader. * 2nb try - quite the same thing instead that this time I have this error message: ' An error occured during initrd creation kernel image :/boo/vmlinuz-2.6.25-rc9-17-pae initrt image :/boot/initrd-2.6.25-rc9-17-pae root device :/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST330083IAS_3NF18YD5 part5 (/dev/sdb5) (mounted on / as ext3) Kernel modules : processor thermal clock scsi_mod libata sata_sil sata_promise pata_amd fah jbd mbcache ext3 edd sd_mod usbcore ohci_hcd uhci_hcd ehci_hcd ff_memless hid usbhid Features : block usb resume.userspace resume.kernel bootsplash: openSUSE (1024 x 768) 19652 blocks kernel image :/boo/vmlinuz-2.6.25-rc9-17-pae initrt image :/boot/initrd-2.6.25-rc9-17-pae root device (/dev/sdb5) not found read partition(): failed to open dev/sys/block at usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/bootloader/tools.pm line 280. Followed by a messager saying the the brub installation was successfull. - 3rd try This time a news install, at the end, got the message above 'an error occured...' followed by : ' Error occured while installing grub gnu grub version 0.97 (640 k lower / 3072 upper memory) [minimal bash like line editing is supported for the first word, tab lists possible command completion. anywhere else tab lists the possible completion of a device/filename] grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0)(hd0,4) error 21: selected disk does not exist grub`> quit But, after a reboot, my grub bootloader appear! and it can even boot linux! Cool, I have then finished the setup. At the end, I have try to use the grub option in yast to repair my grub menu and have my other os listed. After addind them I have set xp my default partition (sorry...) but when I have rebooted, the items are sroted the the way I have setup them in yast and the default entry is not even what I have choose in yast. -- 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.