https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716141 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716141#c0 Summary: installer fails with "bootloader error could not write initrd" Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Milestone 5 Platform: i686 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: novell@kapsler.ch QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:6.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/6.0.1 bootloader cannot be written correctly. i tried all configs, mbr, /boot, separate disk, on root partition. after installing software packages there is an error "could not write initrd...". with MS5 I could try again, the factory version as of today then just quits to the blue/red dos-like installer. even writing no bootloader doesn't help, as installer quits, but doesn't do the last steps after the following reboot. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.setup installer 2.install software 3.failure when writing bootloader -- 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.