https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396635 Summary: Bootloader: Unable to upgrade LABEL-mounted system Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: RC 1 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: juhliarik@novell.com ReportedBy: locilka@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com CC: abittner@stud.fh-heilbronn.de Found By: --- Originally reported by Andreas Bittner: See https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330705#c29 --- cut --- hi there, back to this bug again, i did an opensuse 10.1 to 10.3 upgrade. the workaround at http://en.opensuse.org/How_To_Upgrade_System_with_Separate_/var_Partition is not complete / faulty. did you guys actually try what you have written and documented there? :( first of all, labeling a mounted partition doesnt work at all, i get constant error "-3024" or such from the yast "disk" module when trying to set the label for the /var partition and change the mounting style still in the old 10.1 system. second the screenshot http://files.opensuse.org/opensuse/en/7/78/YaST-Disk-FstabOptions.png clearly displays the radiobutton at "mount device by name", although the device label field is filled out and the whole workaround is supposed to mount the /var by label, so the radiobutton "volume label" needs to be selected ofcourse, otherwise it doesnt do anything at all to fstab. and then there is the issue that the volume label apparently cant be changed/written to a mounted partition, and booting into the old system uses all the partitions, thus needing to go to "init S" / single user mode and dismount all the disks as /var is a essential partition to many processes and stuff that needs to be actively dismounted and programs and daemons ended so that the /var partition can be cleanly dismounted and then the yast disk module being able to write its label stuff. finally, the whole process (upgrade to 10.3) didnt really work after all, the label stuff not helping that much. the packets get installed/upgraded so far so good, but the bootloader installation at the end fails utterly. i tried to look around in /etc and in /boot and all kinds of places where there could be some leftovers and problems, but during the last steps where the 10.3 upgrade tries to write the grub bootloader it gives many errors. i will upload the yast2 log directory. please do analyze the logs and fix this grub bug. i still havent managed to start this messed system. grub complains about missing bootup-screens (thats not really a problem), then the textmode grub startsup but then it gives all kinds of errors with old and new /dev/sda and /dev/hda errors and all that stuff and never boots anything. i tried to bootup some rescue / live cd opensuse and tried to look around and fix some stuff, but to no avail, im not that of a grandmaster in fixing opensuse upgrade messes :( thanks. Created an attachment (id=219640) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=219640) [details] yast2 logdirectory from 10.1 to 10.3 upgrade - grub error even when using var with label here come the yast2 logs from the opensuse 10.1 to 10.3 upgrade when using a disklabel for /var partition. --- cut --- -- 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.