http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User lnozot@comtech360.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c7 --- Comment #7 from Loren Nozot <lnozot@comtech360.com> 2009-11-01 15:10:31 MST ---
The treatment of the original grub menu is ignored and a new boot loader is installed on the new partition. It would be nicer to add the new install to the existing menu.lst instead of starting over.
The stanzas for the other linux kernels are not properly detected and a chainloader is referenced. The other installation is referenced by calling the configmenu which the other partition also has but is not used.
I just installed RC2 fresh and am providing detail to the error. The menu.lst content is below. There are two different treatments for the two 11.1 installations. I have never known chainloader to work for a linux boot partition. Sda7 was the bootloader before this install. The configfile directive would be preferred if not properly detecting kernels on the partition which is what happened with Sda8. ---- # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Nov 1 11:09:39 MST 2009 # THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader # Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader default 0 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00YGA0_WD-WCAS84116823-part6 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00YGA0_WD-WCAS84116823-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x375 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00YGA0_WD-WCAS84116823-part6 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x375 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.29-0.1 (default) (/dev/sda7)### title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.29-0.1 (default) (/dev/sda7) rootnoverify (hd0,6) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.21-0.1 (/dev/sda8)### title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.21-0.1 (/dev/sda8) root (hd0,7) configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst ###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 rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other### title Linux other rootnoverify (hd1,0) chainloader +1 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.