http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User loigu@volny.cz added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c1 Jiri Zouhar changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |loigu@volny.cz Version|RC 1 |RC 2 --- Comment #1 from Jiri Zouhar 2009-10-31 06:37:51 MDT --- I have the same experience. On my system, /dev/sda6 is /boot partition shared for fedora (/dev/sda10) and ubunutu (dev/sda2) I selected /dev/sda7 to be / partition of OpenSuse11.2rc2 (format with ext4). I want to use the same /boot partition and grub menu for rc2 too, so I tried adding /dev/sda6 as /boot for rc2 without formatting, but the option 'propose merge with existing grub menus' (in boot loader setup) ignored the grub/menu.lst on /dev/sda6. Then I tried not adding /dev/sda6 to rc2 at all, but again, the option 'propose merge with existing grub menus' (in boot loader setup) ignored the grub/menu.lst on /dev/sda6. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: prerequisity: you should have some linux os installed with existing grub/menu.lst, which will be there alongside with rc2 after the installation 1. in disk setup, select existing /boot partition to be used without formatting 2. in booting menu, click on 'propose merge with existing grub menus' 3. no item from the existing menu.lst will be added/converted to the new menu -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User cyberorg@opensuse.org added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c3 Jigish Gohil changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |smaug42@gmail.com --- Comment #3 from Jigish Gohil 2009-11-01 04:13:47 MST --- *** Bug 551703 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551703 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User loigu@volny.cz added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c5 --- Comment #5 from Jiri Zouhar 2009-11-01 06:54:36 MST --- (In reply to comment #4)

Could it be because ubuntu now uses grub2?

At least in my case no. It's grub 1.xx, the ubuntu is ooold 8.04, fedora is 11. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User lnozot@comtech360.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c7 --- Comment #7 from Loren Nozot 2009-11-01 15:10:31 MST ---

The treatment of the original grub menu is ignored and a new boot loader is installed on the new partition. It would be nicer to add the new install to the existing menu.lst instead of starting over.

The stanzas for the other linux kernels are not properly detected and a chainloader is referenced. The other installation is referenced by calling the configmenu which the other partition also has but is not used.

I just installed RC2 fresh and am providing detail to the error. The menu.lst content is below. There are two different treatments for the two 11.1 installations. I have never known chainloader to work for a linux boot partition. Sda7 was the bootloader before this install. The configfile directive would be preferred if not properly detecting kernels on the partition which is what happened with Sda8. ---- # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Nov 1 11:09:39 MST 2009 # THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader # Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader default 0 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00YGA0_WD-WCAS84116823-part6 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00YGA0_WD-WCAS84116823-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x375 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.2 - 2.6.31.5-0.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-00YGA0_WD-WCAS84116823-part6 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x375 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.29-0.1 (default) (/dev/sda7)### title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.29-0.1 (default) (/dev/sda7) rootnoverify (hd0,6) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.21-0.1 (/dev/sda8)### title openSUSE 11.1 - 2.6.27.21-0.1 (/dev/sda8) root (hd0,7) configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1### title windows 1 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2### title windows 2 rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Linux other### title Linux other rootnoverify (hd1,0) chainloader +1 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User jux@4950.net added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c9 Jürgen Mathwich changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jux@4950.net --- Comment #9 from Jürgen Mathwich 2009-11-03 03:04:51 MST --- I updated from RC1 to RC2 (zypper dup) and RC2 forgot about itself in menu.list .. I can still boot 11.1, but there is no 11.2 RC2 entry -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User aj@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c11 Andreas Jaeger changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P2 - High CC| |aj@novell.com Severity|Normal |Major --- Comment #11 from Andreas Jaeger 2009-11-04 09:46:05 MST --- Regression from 11.1, raising severity. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User sven.burmeister@gmx.net added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c13 --- Comment #13 from Sven Burmeister 2009-11-05 02:36:31 MST --- Forgot to mention, if he installs 11.1 after Ubuntu or RedHat, it recognises the other operating systems correctly. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User smaug42@gmail.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c15 --- Comment #15 from Clayton smaug42 2009-11-05 03:54:57 MST --- Created an attachment (id=325716) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=325716) Dump of Y2 Logs

it is not supported to add other distro to menu.lst of openSUSE now

So, this a MAJOR regression in openSUSE. I've attached my Y2 logs. The install is as described above - installed Ubuntu 9.10 followed by 11.2RC2. The only bootable OS after this install sequence is 11.2. If I reverse the process, installing 11.2 first and then Ubuntu, I get a Grub boot menu with all installed OSes. If there is a different log set, or something else that is required, please tell me. I can go through a full re-install again in the coming week or so if fresh log files are needed. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c17 --- Comment #17 from Jozef Uhliarik 2009-11-05 04:58:53 MST --- Dear Clayton smaug42: I know that you are not satisfied but the problem is little bit complicated. yast2-bootloader during installation check other linux partitions and try to find configuration file menu.lst where is saved configuration for GRUB. The name and content of configuration file is different for Ubuntu and in this case it is not successful. Yes there exist solution where will be added boot section to menu.lst build on existing kernels instead of parsing configuration file but it is too late for changes in design in RC2 and it has also risks. I write it simple adding other distro to openSUSE grub configuration doesn't work now. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User smaug42@gmail.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c20 --- Comment #20 from Clayton smaug42 2009-11-05 06:47:35 MST --- The problem may be complicated, but... I can't find words to express how critical this problem is. Seriously... this has NOT been a problem with previous openSUSE versions. We've always played well with others, and Grub was set up properly to allow booting more than one install. Now... it's just 11.2, and only 11.2. For me, I don't care too much for my own hardware since the bug won't affect me presonally. On my server I run only openSUSE. The same with my Media Center... and my netbook. Where the problem comes is with the larger community who expect to be able to run multiple installs. How can we release openSUSE 11.2 when the installer cannot find and configure Grub properly? If I was the release manager, I'd be calling this one a release blocker bug. This is such a basic and fundamental expectation and requirement for the openSUSE installer... and we're effectively going to release it completely broken? This is really going to go wrong when it's dicovered... and other people will discover it. Something was changed from 11.1 (where everything in this part of the installer worked correctly) to 11.2 (where now somehow it's too complicated to fix). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c23 --- Comment #23 from Jozef Uhliarik 2009-11-05 07:55:05 MST --- Dear Clayton, complicated fixes needs time and it is not good idea to create huge changes in code near release because I can create or break something else and finally result can be broken booting. The bug is not blocker because there exist workaround and IMHO it is not critical because you didn't lost data it is possible to add other distro to menu.lst manually or also via y2-bootloader. The bug is that it is not done automatically during installation. It is not because it is other distro the problem is that our solution is based on config files and if I want to fix problem with adding other distro to suse's menu.lst I need change a lot of code and also design of y2-bootloader. I hope it is clear now. Finally adding other distro is not supported NOW if you are project manager you know that missing functionality is solved via feature request and you create feature request in FATE. (you can look at https://features.opensuse.org/) Into 11.2 was added better validation of parsing menu.lst because there were bugs for adding wrong/invalid boot sections from other installed OS. Adding better validation decrease problems with adding other installed OS (openSUSE/SLE) but it also decrease ability to add other distro to menu.lst. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 User rajko@opensuse.org added comment http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c26 Rajko Matovic changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |rajko@opensuse.org --- Comment #26 from Rajko Matovic 2009-11-07 04:41:41 MST --- 32 bit installation from RC2 DVD - not upgrade. Ubuntu 9.04 and older RC1 installations added to boot menu without my intervention. Both appear as their own grub menus, ie. after selecting them next boot menu shows up with all selections present like it was in original. The only change is that Ubuntu menu has openSUSE background, while original was text mode only. RC1 boots direct and from Ubuntu menu. I didn't attempt to boot Ubuntu (yet). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c28 Jozef Uhliarik changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |lnozot@comtech360.com --- Comment #28 from Jozef Uhliarik 2009-12-01 14:55:03 UTC --- I tried to explain all troubles which are not "supported" or which are not "valid" because it is other type of problem. Last men in game are reporter of bug Loren Nozot and Michele Cherici. There is necessary attach YaST logs from update. Dear Loren could you attach YaST logs (/var/log/YaST2) from your update please? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c30 --- Comment #30 from Michele Cherici 2009-12-03 10:47:31 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=330721) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=330721) y2log Y2log attached, menu.lst generated doesn't boot my previous opensuse 11.0 version present on the hard disk. This is my "manually" modified menu.lst file, I've added "opensuse11.0" section to make the old opensuse version bootable: # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on mer nov 4 11:10:49 CET 2009 # THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader # Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader default 0 timeout 8 ##YaST - generic_mbr gfxmenu (hd0,4)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 11.2 root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250620AS_9QE1RQ9K-part5 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250620AS_9QE1RQ9K-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop title opensuse11.0 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250620AS_9QE1RQ9K-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250620AS_9QE1RQ9K-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31b initrd /boot/initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy### title Dischetto rootnoverify (fd0) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.2 root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250620AS_9QE1RQ9K-part5 showopts apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Kernel-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250620AS_9QE1RQ9K-part5 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3250620AS_9QE1RQ9K-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x31a initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c32 Jozef Uhliarik changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|lnozot@comtech360.com | --- Comment #32 from Jozef Uhliarik 2009-12-08 10:05:52 UTC --- Loren thanks for logs and for future please select checkbox "This commnet provides the needed information. Remove the status of NEEDINFO from this bug." ;-) I will look at it. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c34 Josef Reidinger changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED CC| |jreidinger@novell.com Info Provider|jreidinger@novell.com | --- Comment #34 from Josef Reidinger 2009-12-09 09:18:29 UTC --- There should be many issues why it doesn't work. Maybe grub installation on /dev/sda2 point to bad place (you can write there grub which load from e.g. /dev/sdb3). So in general it should work, but maybe in this case is there another problem. Sollution in comment 30 has serious problem if 11.0 kernel is updated, then it stop work. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c36 Loren Nozot changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|lnozot@comtech360.com | --- Comment #36 from Loren Nozot 2009-12-09 23:50:27 UTC --- Interesting. My layout is as follows: sda1 XP sda2 Vista sda3 HPFS sda4 EXT sda5 swap sda6 ext3 - a root sda7 ext3 - a root sda8 ext3 - a root sda9 ext3 - a data partition The system I believe is booting from grub to or did sda7. The /etc/grub.conf from there is: setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,0) (hd0,6) setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,6) (hd0,6) setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0) (hd0,6) quit -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c38 --- Comment #38 from Jozef Uhliarik 2009-12-15 09:13:28 UTC --- Michele thanks for your last comment. It is my fault I thought that logs were from Loren. Sorry for it. Loren sorry, it was my fault. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c40 --- Comment #40 from Jozef Uhliarik 2010-02-05 15:06:03 UTC --- The first sorry for delay but there were other products with sooner deadlines than 11.3 Michele: -------- I did some tests next looked again at your yast logs and also compared it with configuration from /dev/sda2 (openSUSE 11.0). The configuration from /dev/sda2 says that your the first 512B of /dev/sda2 should be empty but it is not right and it includes GRUB stage1. It can be from previous installation or previous settings of bootloader configuration on /dev/sda2. I don't know exactly. perl-Bootloader (yast2-bootloader uses it) includes only heuristic for detection of GRUB stage1 on the first 512B of partition or MBR of disk. There is not check where point GRUB stage1 or if GRUB stage1 is not broken. It is a binary data. There exist presupposition that if partition includes GRUB stage1 it is valid data. The bug is that your the first 512B of /dev/sda2 includes GRUB stage1 and GRUB stage1 should not be there (bootloader configuration on /dev/sda2) or it points to other partition (wrong settings in this case). It is broken data but it is not configuration file but the first 512B of /dev/sda2. My point of view is that GRUB stage1 should not be there or it has to point to /dev/sda2. You can fix it if change /etc/grub.conf on your /dev/sda2 to: setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,1) (hd0,1) quit after that run grub-install. (You should boot your 11.0 on /dev/sda2 and then change /etc/grub.conf and run grub-install) It is risk because you have several installed operating systems and it can break booting some of them but it helps you if you decide to install new OS like openSUSE 11+ in future. I am sorry but I am not able to fix it without fixing "broken data" on your /dev/sda2. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=548993#c42 Dotan Cohen changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |novell@dotancohen.com --- Comment #42 from Dotan Cohen 2010-06-06 13:14:00 UTC --- Why is this bug CLOSED? I installed OpenSuse 11.3 beta (build 0625) recently and it did not show other non-Suse bootable partitions. The system had Grub2 installed (from Ubuntu) before the Suse install, which showed all bootable partitions. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.