Bug ID 930341
Summary Tumbleweed 20150508 unbootable after install
Classification openSUSE
Product openSUSE Factory
Version 201503*
Hardware x86-64
OS SUSE Other
Status NEW
Severity Major
Priority P5 - None
Component Installation
Assignee yast2-maintainers@suse.de
Reporter nrickert@ameritech.net
QA Contact jsrain@suse.com
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Installed Tumbleweed 20150508 on laptop, using the DVD installer (64bit).

Install is to an already existing encrypted LVM, with "/boot" as "/dev/sda5"
using legacy MBR partitioning.  My plan was to boot via the Windows boot
manager.

The initial boot configuration was:
boot from "/boot"
boot from extended partition
set active flag
install generic boot code into MBR.

I turned off all but the first of those (to boot from "/boot").

I later went back and rechecked.  The boot settings had turned on "set active
flag" and "install generic boot code".  I turned them off again.  I then went
back into the boot section again.  And the same problem.  The installer is
stupidly insisting on this.

I eventually allowed the install to go through anyway.  Of course, it would not
boot.  The active flag had been set to the extended partition ("/dev/sda4") but
there was no boot code in that partition.  I had to change the boot flags (with
a rescue boot) back to the Windows partition before I could boot.

I'll note that this did not happen with install of 13.2 to the same partitions.
 So it seems to be a new installer problem.

Reproducible: Always


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