[Bug 333459] New: boot loader editor: propose new configuration -- BLE tries to write something on the floppy disk
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 Summary: boot loader editor: propose new configuration -- BLE tries to write something on the floppy disk Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: bluedzins@wp.pl QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- I don't know the reason, but after proposing new configuration, accepting it ([finish]) the dialog appears: * what do I want to do with floppy disk file system * and AFAIR do I want fast format Besides this is really odd (I feel scary when I see "format" when just installing new bootloader), but I don't have floppy drive at all. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c1 Martin Mrazik <mmrazik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |bluedzins@wp.pl --- Comment #1 from Martin Mrazik <mmrazik@novell.com> 2007-10-25 07:15:59 MST --- Maciej, Thank you for your bugreport. How/where are you installing the boot-loader. Is it during installation? Could you please precisely describe the steps you are doing? Can you please attach YaST2 logs? If in doubt follow: http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/YaST -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c2 Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins@wp.pl> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|bluedzins@wp.pl | --- Comment #2 from Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins@wp.pl> 2007-10-25 09:07:19 MST --- It is done on already installed system, via yast. Steps -- run BLE. Clone any entry, finish, run BLE again, notice that there are duplicated entries, propose new configuration, change something, finish again --> floppy disk request. I am writing this what I remember, I don't want to destroy by grub configuration again. Logs: https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=178242 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |yast2-maintainers@suse.de -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c3 michal zugec <mzugec@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |dfiser@novell.com --- Comment #3 from michal zugec <mzugec@novell.com> 2007-10-27 13:49:22 MST --- reassign to bootloader maintainer -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 Martin Mrazik <mmrazik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |jsrain@novell.com -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 Jiri Srain <jsrain@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jsrain@novell.com |juhliarik@novell.com -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 User cooling.crystals@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c5 k. t. <cooling.crystals@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |cooling.crystals@gmail.com --- Comment #5 from k. t. <cooling.crystals@gmail.com> 2008-06-09 13:31:49 MDT --- *** Bug 396782 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396782 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c6 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |wstephenson@novell.com --- Comment #6 from Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> 2008-07-15 14:01:23 MDT --- *** Bug 395457 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=395457 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c7 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |norbert.jurkeit@web.de --- Comment #7 from Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> 2008-07-15 14:06:22 MDT --- *** Bug 343849 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=343849 -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P4 - Low -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 User cooling.crystals@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c8 --- Comment #8 from k. t. <cooling.crystals@gmail.com> 2009-01-04 01:07:58 MST --- Created an attachment (id=263096) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=263096) opensuse 11.1 still likes floppies I check out opensuse once in a while. If not touching boot loader configuration, then installer still asks for floppy I do not have. (opensuse 11.1 kde4) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 User cooling.crystals@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c9 --- Comment #9 from k. t. <cooling.crystals@gmail.com> 2009-01-04 01:30:23 MST --- Created an attachment (id=263098) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=263098) dmesg What kind of logs would you be interested in this case? Installer didn't create proper boot menu where I could select which os I want to boot into, in fact I couldn't see any kind of boot menu while restarting, but somehow my laptop still booted into opensuse 11.1 I will apply updates and try to rerun grub configuration in yast, perhaps change grub to lilo, I guess I will end up installing ubuntu's grub instead into mbr. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 User cooling.crystals@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c10 --- Comment #10 from k. t. <cooling.crystals@gmail.com> 2009-01-04 01:36:59 MST --- Created an attachment (id=263099) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=263099) menu.lst ⁄boot⁄grub⁄menu.lst -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 User cooling.crystals@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c11 --- Comment #11 from k. t. <cooling.crystals@gmail.com> 2009-01-04 01:43:08 MST --- Created an attachment (id=263100) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=263100) yast logs I read yast log attachments wiki, hopefully this one is more useful. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 User cooling.crystals@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c12 --- Comment #12 from k. t. <cooling.crystals@gmail.com> 2009-01-04 02:24:21 MST --- I can't boot into Ubuntu 8.10, I get an error 15 "file not found", but booting into Ubuntu 7.10 works for whatever reason. Start from scratch -> propose new configuration will end with floppy demand. Trying to change GRUB to LILO (by the way yast also installed hundreds of megabytes software without warning, like flashplayer...) resulted in the following error: LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman Released 19-Feb-2007 and compiled at 06:33:04 on Dec 3 2008 Running Linux kernel 2.6.27.7-9-default on i686 raid_setup returns offset = 00000000 ndisk = 0 BIOS VolumeID Device Reading boot sector from /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HM080HC_S0CCJ10LA03766 pf_hard_disk_scan: ndevs=1 0800 000708EA /dev/sda device codes (user assigned pf) = 0 device codes (user assigned) = 0 device codes (BIOS assigned) = 0 device codes (canonical) = 1 Warning: Unable to determine video adapter in use in the present system. Using MENU secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Secondary loader: 18 sectors (0x3600 dataend). bios_boot = 0x80 bios_map = 0x80 map==boot = 0 map S/N: 000708EA Mapping message file /boot/message Fatal: /boot/message is too big (> 65535 bytes) Removed temporary file /boot/map~ I'm done with opensuse, sorry. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333459#c13 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #13 from Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> 2009-02-04 07:08:18 MST --- the probelm is solved in yast2-bootloader 2.18.1 it will be in openSUSE 11.2 -- 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.
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