https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469256 Summary: Differing entries in /etc/fstab and menu.lst (grub) for mounting by "Device Name" Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: PC OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: jaylinux52@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5 I had a problem in installing openSUSE 11.1 in a PC with Windows XP already installed on HD 1. The HD's are as follows: HD 1: 250 GB IDE (PATA) (has C:/ of Windows) HD 2: 500 GB SATA (has ext3 partitions for Linux install) HD 3: 500 GB SATA (One FAT32 & two NTFS partitions) Details of the partition setup are in the attached files and in the text below (between <=====> lines for sake of clarity). In my opinion, what happened was that the openSUSE 11.1 install process/installer mixed up the naming in the system files (menu.lst, /etc/fstab). This may have been because, during the install process, I chose to mount the partitions in all 3 HD's by 'Device Name' instead of the (default) 'Device Id' (as I am more familiar with device names than Device Id's which can be long & complicated to remember. Win XP was already installed on C:/ partn. (/dev/sda1 to openSUSE 11.1 Linux) of 250 GB IDE HD. Then, I tried to install openSUSE 11.1 onto the 2nd HD, 500 GB SATA (/dev/sdb/ to Linux; / (root partition) on /dev/sdb3/, /boot on /dev/sdb2/ ... both on the 2nd HD (SATA). The openSUSE 11.1 install itself went ok. I went with the default option to install grub on the MBR (all the other options in grub were unchecked). The system re-booted with the grub menu listing openSUSE 11.1 & Windows XP properly. Am able to boot into Win XP. But when I try to boot into the newly installed openSUSE 11.1, after a series of messages in console view, the system stops saying that it could not detect/load /dev/sdb3/ (the root (/) partition in Linux) & then it just hangs there at $ prompt, & I have to reboot the system. The exact Error Message (in console/cmd-prompt view) is given below. ============================================================================== ...... (console text messages) Invoking Userspace resume from /dev/sdb1 resume: libcrypt version: 1.4.1 Trying Manual resume from disksdb1 Want me to fall back to /dev/sdb3 (Y/N) <Y> Waiting for device /dev/sdb3 to appear ......... not found -- exiting to /bin/sh $ < (I have to Ctrl-Alt-Del to re-start the PC) > ============================================================================== OLD CONFIG FILES are as follows: fdisk -l Results: Disk /dev/hda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xe393e393 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 4255 34178256 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 4256 30401 210017745 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 4256 10942 53713296 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda6 10943 17629 53713296 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda7 17630 24316 53713296 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda8 24317 30401 48877731 7 HPFS/NTFS Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500106780160 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x1154698e Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 262 2104483+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 4283 60801 453988867+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda3 * 263 1897 13133137+ 83 Linux /dev/sda4 1898 4282 19157512+ 83 Linux /dev/sda5 4283 30550 210997678+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda6 30551 37854 58669348+ 83 Linux /dev/sda7 37855 60801 184321746 b W95 FAT32 Partition table entries are not in disk order Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0d7a0d7a Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 6375 51207156 c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/sdb2 6376 60801 437176845 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdb5 6376 31872 204804621 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sdb6 31873 60801 232372161 7 HPFS/NTFS ============================================================================== menu.lst (/etc/grub/menu.lst) # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Jan 25 06:55:06 UTC 2009 default 0 timeout 25 gfxmenu (hd1,2)/boot/message ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.7-9 root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-pae root=/dev/sdb3 resume=/dev/sdb1 splash=silent showopts vga=0x31a initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-pae ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.7-9 root (hd1,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-9-pae root=/dev/sdb3 showopts ide=nodma apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-9-pae ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1### title windows 1 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2### title windows 2 map (hd2) (hd0) map (hd0) (hd2) rootnoverify (hd2,0) makeactive chainloader +1 ============================================================================== fstab (/etc/fstab) /dev/sdb1 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/sdb3 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/sda1 /Windows/C ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/sda5 /Windows/E ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/sda6 /Windows/F ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/sda7 /Windows/G ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/sda8 /Windows/H ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/sdb4 /home ext3 user,acl 1 2 /dev/sdb6 /tmp ext3 user,acl 1 2 /dev/sdb5 /windows/I ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/sdb7 /windows/J vfat user,users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0 /dev/sdc1 /windows/L vfat user,users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0 /dev/sdc5 /windows/M ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 /dev/sdc6 /windows/N ntfs-3g user,users,gid=users,fmask=133,dmask=022,locale=en_US.UTF-8 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0 debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0 usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0 ============================================================================== Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. During installation. 2. For partitioning, chose to mount by 'Device Name', instead of the default mount by 'Device Id'. 3. Actual Results: Could not boot into openSUSE 11. The Error Message details are as given above. Had to manually edit the /etc/fstab, and menu.lst files to ensure similar naming convention. After this manual editng, the system (openSUSE 11.1) booted properly. If relevant, grub was installed on MBR and GRUB aws used as the main bootloader. It could successfully boot into Windows XP. It could boot into openSUSE 11.1 only after the manual edit of the files as given above & in attachment. Expected Results: Should have booted into openSUSE 11.1 normally, since after install it gave an 'Install Successful & Re-booting' message. You can reach me at jaylinux@aol.in if you need further information /clarifications. -- 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.