[Bug 824860] New: grub2-install fails to install on root partition with ext4 file system yast2 bootloader hides problem
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824860 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=824860#c0 Summary: grub2-install fails to install on root partition with ext4 file system yast2 bootloader hides problem Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: dgolden@golden-consulting.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:21.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/21.0 Trying to install grub2 to root partition fails. Using yast bootloader does not indicate any problems; however, the grub2 code is never written to the partition. Using grub2-install gives the following errors: dg-linux:~ # grub2-install /dev/sda8 /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: error: will not proceed with blocklists. This filesystem is ext4 Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. See above 2. 3. Actual Results: See above Expected Results: Install the grub2 code to the MBR of the partition I was able to install the grub2 code to the partition using grub2-install --force /dev/sda8; however, using yast bootloader silently fails. -- 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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Jiri Srain
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>>>>>>>>>> 2013-06-13 12:52:03 <1> pbl-2109.2 Core::RunCommand.1641: run /usr/sbin/grub2-install --target=i386-pc --force --skip-fs-probe "(hd0,8)" /var/log/YaST2/y2log_bootloader 2>&1 - ret 0 + output: /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: File system `ext2' doesn't support embedding. /usr/sbin/grub2-bios-setup: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. Installation finished. No error reported.
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