https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838875 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838875#c0 Summary: Problems installing openSUSE 12.3 with GRUB2 in LINUX-(Software-)RAID Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: PC OS/Version: openSUSE 12.3 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: office@hantsch.co.at QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:23.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/23.0 Hello, because most cheap RAID-controllers lack support of huge harddisks (3-4 TB) and I do not really trust a BIOS RAID, I usually set up systems with 100% Linux RAID. I create first Linux-RAID-partitions for /boot, swap, / (in this order) and clone then my partitioning onto the other HDDs, and finally define RAID1's across the related partitions of all drives. I usually assign ext4 to /boot and xfs to / and other partitions, I do not use a LVM setup. YaSt creates the partitions and md-devices, then it installs all software packages (default setup). When it comes to bootloader installation, repeatedly an error in installing the GRUB2 bootloader occures. When I install the system with GRUB as bootloader, everything works fine and the system is able to boot. I would love to see bootloader installation working really properly as soon as possible. Currently I am permanently praying that it will work, this leaves always a bad taste and feeling. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Do a md-RAID-1-setup of partitions for /, /boot, swap on some harddisks (2-4) 2. Do the default install of openSUSE 12.3 from DVD (default settings, so it suggests GRUB2) 3. Watch setup process. After installing all system files, the setup rises problems with setting up the GRUB2 bootloader. Actual Results: I have to re-install the system and enforce GRUB to get a running system. Expected Results: A system, able to boot. -- 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.