https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463033 Summary: grub not installed when selected target only root on md RAID logical Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mrmazda@ij.net QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Created an attachment (id=262841) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=262841) save_y2logs output I fully partitioned 2 SATA HD on ICH7 prior to booting 11.0 and 11.1 installers using Grub with previously downloaded linuxes and initrds. I used Knoppix to install openSUSE 10.2 Grub and ChristmasTux message on ext2 sda1, and configured menu.lst to be able to boot a default kernel from either (hdX,7) or (hdX,8) using ROOT=LABEL=, or by chainloading to either (hdX,7) or (hdX,8). During 11.0 boxed DVD installation expert partitioning I selected sda1 to mount on /disks/hda/boot and various non-native partitions to mount as sdX via default. I then set up sdX7-13 as md0-6, specified md1 (sdX8) for 11.0 /, and formatted all md devices ext3, including assigning labels. I specified md1 / as the only Grub installation location, and mounting Linux partitions by-label. Installation proceeded normally into successful kexec "reboot". No succeeding boot via chainloading from sda1 to / has succeeded. When I try, I get Grub error 13. Booting is only possible so far via the preinstalled 10.2 Grub and menu.lst on sda1. The day after 11.0 install to md1 I did a HTTP 11.1 install to md2 (sdX9). The results are exactly the same as with 11.0. In both 11.0 & 11.1, /etc/grub.conf (2 lines, 66 bytes for 11.1) and /etc/grub.conf.old (3 lines, 126 bytes for 11.1) exist. The 3 line files refer to both (hd0,X) and (hd1,X), while the 2 line files actually used by the installer only refer to (hd0,X). I used dd to dump the first sectors of sda8, sda9, sdb8, sdb9 & md2 to files. All 5 512 byte files contain nothing but nulls, which to me seems to mean the 11.0 & 11.1 installers never actually succeeded in installing Grub to their / partitions, even though /var/log/YaST2/y2log_bootloader claim they did. I have md3 reserved to install 11.2 Factory as soon as a working .28 kernel installer is available. -- 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.