https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638232
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638232#c18
--- Comment #18 from Josef Reidinger
(In reply to comment #15)
Does your BIOS support lba32 or just 24? It is important in this case.
Still on the BIOS-warpath? ;-)
Before I check this: let me repeat my question: Why does 11.2 install without problems in the same partition, or has this LBA difference only become relevant in 11.3? Would it not be more fruitful to check which changes have been made in the "boot department" from 11.2 to 11.3?
Now, let me see (I am typing on a different computer now). The board in question is a 2 years old ASUS M3A78-EM. The BIOS only offers me to choose between LBA "disabled" and "auto", which is on "auto" of course. Also the manual does not give more information. So, how could I check this difference? How are the chances, that this fairly modern board does not support LBA32? Would I not have problems then addressing the full space of a 1.5 TB disk (which I have not)?
If it works with 11.2, then problem should be somewhere else and I need have logs to see what really happen and what is really written into boot sector.
grub2 use different way how to start from partition. GRUB 1 use BIOS to skip somewhere, so BIOS must be able to address space on disc, where is kernel. GRUB2 use different way, where BIOS addressing is not needed.
Maybe now a good opportunity to think about implementing GRUB2 in 11.4 or going back to the 11.2 routine.
We support wide range of different hardware scenarios with grub1 and some of this scenarious is not fully supported in grub2, but there is some attempts to have it as additional bootloader option. -- 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.