https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848655 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848655#c0 Summary: Fail to install grub2 during installation Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: SUSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: nrickert@ameritech.net QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/24.0 This is for 13.1RC2. I've listed this as an install problem, rather than a grub2 problem. Background: Install is to an encrypted LVM. There is a separate "/boot". During the install, I imported partitioning from my prior install (prior was 13.1RC1). However, I changed the root file system to use "ext4". I had used "btrfs" for RC1. The error message indicated that grub2 could not be found, because "/boot/grub2" could not be located. I continued with the install anyway, to have an unbootable system. Examining from another system, here is what I could see: "/boot" was completely empty (except for the "lost+found" directory). If I unmounted "/boot", then the "/boot" directory on the root file system did contain all of the normal stuff. Not helpful for booting, since that file system use encryption. It looks to me as if "/boot" (or "/dev/sda1") was properly formatted during the install, but was never mounted. Note: I was able to recover the system, which is now working fine. Second problem: this looks unrelated, but I suspect it is actually related (the same install failure). The partitioning include "/dev/sda3", to be mounted as "/windows/C" with NTFS. It was supposed to not be mounted by default. The "/etc/fstab" entry for this was correct. However, when I tried to manually mount, it turned out that the mount point "/windows/C" had never been created. Attachment: I will, shortly, attach YaST logs for the install. Wild guess: Here's a completely wild guess. I think this is due to my changing the root file system to use "ext4" rather than "btrfs" previously used on the same volume. It's my understanding that with "btrfs", something is done with snapshots, instead of a completer reinstall. So presumably Yast has to handle it differently. I'm guessing that Yast made that decision too early, so did not adapt to the fact that I changed to using "ext4" for that volume. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. -- 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.