https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450268 User andrea@opensuse.org added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450268#c27 andrea florio <andrea@opensuse.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|andrea@opensuse.org | --- Comment #27 from andrea florio <andrea@opensuse.org> 2008-12-03 13:25:25 MST --- @ comment #23 no, think _not_ to be a detection thing @ comment #24 exactly, even when the 250GB was sdb grub was installed in that HD. i think that write but not write good, maybe corrupt i think @ comment #25 indeed.. that's why i told that should be considered invalid, while a new bug should be open. @ comment #26 yes i'm sure but i used dvd restore tool @ all to explain better: 1st installation: sda and sdb problem occurr, 250 was red as sdb and 100 like sda after installation end i boot computer but i got that error: "Error No operating system Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Instert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" so i used dvd repair tool to find the problem there i discovered the "sda/sdb" issuem and i changed partition order. i was not able to fix anyway, so i started a live cd and i fixed with the following commads: # gurb grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 grub> root (hdx,y) grub> setup (hdx) grub> quit simply i re-installed grub into the mbr using a live cd. 2nd to 7th installation: NO sda/sdb problem, NEVER, i was not able to reproduce the issue. 3 times everything was ok, installed fine and grub too... 3 times instead, i got the same error : "Error No operating system Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Instert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" reading also bug #450963 i think that the problem was ALWAYS the wrong mbr looks infact, that when grub is installed into mbr 4 times on 7 (in my installations...) some times mbr is NOT well write, so, when bios try to read the mbr to boot the OS, it find or NO ONE, or an INVALID one, so it tell me: "Error No operating system Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Instert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key" -- 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.