https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856998 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856998#c0 Summary: Default location of bootloader should be MBR on old hardware Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 13.1 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 13.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: u.michel@t-online.de QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0 When installing openSUSE 13.1 on an old hardware with Celeron CPU and Windows XP and with a hard disk with legacy partioning the bootloader is installed in the extended partition that is generated during the install process after the size of the Windows partition had been reduced. However, no operating system is found during the boot process with this location. The boot loader must be installed in the MBR and this should be the default. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: No operating system is found during the first boot after install. Expected Results: The grub menu should appear during the first 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.