[Bug 230860] New: grub error: message too large
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 Summary: grub error: message too large Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Final Platform: i686 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: pgunreben@lucent.com QAContact: qa@suse.de At the first reboot after installing openSuSE, grub stopped on error: file "(HD0,1)/boot/message" too large, press any key to continue. After pressing a key the boot continues normally.
ls -l /boot/message -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 379904 Dec 27 14:10 /boot/message
Hardware: AMD K7 1200 MHz on ASUS A7V -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 chrubis@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |duwe@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.novell| |.com | ------- Comment #1 from chrubis@novell.com 2006-12-30 03:56 MST ------- On my pc is /boot/message even bigger and boots without this error. => Assuming this is grub problem.
ls -l /boot/message -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 384512 2006-12-01 03:06 /boot/message
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 ------- Comment #2 from pgunreben@lucent.com 2007-01-17 10:50 MST ------- Das Problem wird u.a. im folgenden Forum beschrieben: http://www.linuxforen.de/forums/showthread.php?p=1477449#post1477449 Zitat: ==== Dieses Problem taucht deswegen erst ab 10.2 auf, weil dort als kleines "Gimmick" 2 verschiedene Screens vorhanden sind, welche zufällig ausgewählt werden. 2 Screens => größeres Image. ==== -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 duwe@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|duwe@novell.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ------- Comment #3 from duwe@novell.com 2007-02-02 07:35 MST ------- Dear bug reporter / screening team, due to the increasing number of grub "bugs" that are most likely unrelated to grub's basic functionality but nevertheless assigned to me, I took the time to write up some explanations for your kind consideration. Please have a look at http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/grub -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 chrubis@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team- |snwint@novell.com |screening@forge.provo.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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |pgunreben@lucent.com ------- Comment #4 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-14 07:08 MST ------- What says 'hwinfo --bios' (as root) on this machine? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 pgunreben@lucent.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|pgunreben@lucent.com | ------- Comment #5 from pgunreben@lucent.com 2007-02-14 07:54 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=119132) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=119132&action=view) output of hwinfo --bios -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |pgunreben@lucent.com ------- Comment #6 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-14 08:15 MST ------- Thanks. It shows there is enough memory. The message in comment 0 does not even exist in our 10.2 grub. So you are still using an < 10.2 grub (and those can't work with such large files). The advice they give in the forum mentioned in comment 2 does basically upgrade grub manually. Did you do an update or a fresh installation? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 pgunreben@lucent.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|pgunreben@lucent.com | ------- Comment #7 from pgunreben@lucent.com 2007-02-14 08:24 MST ------- It was a fresh installation of the 10.2 final. To be really sure that it was a clean 10.2 installation, I'll repeat the installation and will report the result in about one hour. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 ------- Comment #8 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-14 08:47 MST ------- Well, the old grub must come from somewhere. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 ------- Comment #9 from pgunreben@lucent.com 2007-02-14 09:54 MST ------- Before starting the reinstall, I did some experiments with the existing installation. Re-inserting the line gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message in menu.lst caused the error to pop-up again. I've replaced the message file with a message file from a 10.1 installation and grub told me that this file was in the wrong format. I checked stage2 in the following way:
rpm -q grub grub-0.97-40 rpm -V grub diff -b /boot/grub/stage2 /usr/lib/grub/stage2
After reverting to the previous message file and executing the command grub-install /dev/hda the gfxmenu showed up as it should without error message. I'm reinstalling the computer currently to check whether this problem shows up again. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 ------- Comment #10 from pgunreben@lucent.com 2007-02-14 10:49 MST ------- After reinstalling the computer, this problem does not show up anymore. It seems that grub was/is not properly installed during the installation process. The fresh installation uses the previously installed grub (SUSE 10.1) at least partly. To check this problem in some more detail, I'm currently installing another computer, which was also installed with SUSE 10.1. Keep tuned ... BTW, I'm using autoyast to install the computers. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 ------- Comment #11 from pgunreben@lucent.com 2007-02-15 02:55 MST ------- I've discovered, that autoyast installs grub on the root partition if you don't specify a device for the bootloader. In my case: y2log_bootloader: .. Running "install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,1) (hd0,1)1+18 p (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded .. However, the stage1 of the previous bootloader was located in the master boot record and is not overwritten. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 snwint@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |snwint@novell.com AssignedTo|snwint@novell.com |odabrunz@novell.com ------- Comment #12 from snwint@novell.com 2007-02-15 03:19 MST ------- I don't fully understand what's happening comment 9. The 'no memory' message can only appear with stage2 < 10.2. But stage2 from 10.1 would not complain about a 10.1 graphics file. So maybe you were using a stage2 from 10.0? Anyway this is a thing to be fixed in the yast2 bootloader code. And judging from comment 2, this is not an autoyast specific issue. Olaf, is that still your area? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 ------- Comment #13 from pgunreben@lucent.com 2007-02-16 01:27 MST ------- .. my two cents: In previous SUSE releases, the grub was installed in the MBR. It seems that the SUSE 10.2 installs grub in the root partition and not in the MBR anymore. At system boot, stage1 of the previous bootloader (in the MBR) will be executed and will attempt to load its next stage (referenced by block?). If this is successful, the system will boot using the old boot loader, but will use the new configuration files (in /boot/grub). As I'm not an expert in grub, please check whether my assumptions are correct. When installing grub in the partition, we'd need to check, whether there's already a bootloader in the MBR, needn't we? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 stefan.fent@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED ------- Comment #14 from stefan.fent@novell.com 2007-02-16 01:57 MST ------- You're mostly right. We should leave the mbr untouched whenever possible. This is possible in many cases, depending on the system configuration. Of course we'll have to replace the mbr by a generic one, whenever we do this. For some reasons this doesn't always work - this is what this bug is about. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860 Matej Horvath <mhorvath@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |stefan.fent@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW -- 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=230860 Stefan Fent <stefan.fent@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|stefan.fent@novell.com |jplack@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=230860 User jplack@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860#c16 Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |LATER --- Comment #16 from Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> 2007-12-12 13:04:12 MST --- No ressources assigned here right now, will address problem later -- 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=230860 User jplack@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860#c17 Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jplack@novell.com Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|LATER | --- Comment #17 from Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> 2008-03-19 22:14:03 MST --- reevaluate for SLE11 -- 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=230860 User jplack@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860#c18 Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jplack@novell.com |jreidinger@novell.com Status|REOPENED |NEW --- Comment #18 from Joachim Plack <jplack@novell.com> 2008-07-15 05:26:05 MDT --- assign to perl-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=230860 Josef Reidinger <jreidinger@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium -- 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=230860 User jreidinger@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=230860#c19 Josef Reidinger <jreidinger@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #19 from Josef Reidinger <jreidinger@novell.com> 2008-07-24 01:35:21 MDT --- This should be already fixed in OSS 11, which rewrite old mbr if is needed. -- 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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