[Bug 459860] New: no boot partition found during fresh install
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860 Summary: no boot partition found during fresh install Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: PowerPC OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: yast2-maintainers@suse.de ReportedBy: olh@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: Development 11.0 and 11.1, on G5 sharly.suse.de yast will not recognize sda2 as a boot partition. logs will follow. inst-sys:~ # pdisk -l Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/sda' #: type name length base ( size ) 1: Apple_partition_map 'Apple ' 63 @ 1 2: Apple_HFS 'Untitled ' 417627 @ 64 (203.9M) 3: Apple_Free ' ' 262144 @ 417691 (128.0M) 4: Apple_HFS 'Apple_HFS_Untitled_2' 62664461 @ 679835 ( 29.9G) 5: Linux_LVM 'primary ' 419441085 @ 63344296 (200.0G) 6: Apple_Free ' ' 493987787 @ 482785381 (235.6G) Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=976773168 (465.8G) DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0 Partition map (with 512 byte blocks) on '/dev/hda' #: type name length base ( size ) 1: Apple_partition_map 'Apple ' 2 @ 1 2: Apple_HFS 'openSUSE 11.1 1' 8057628 @ 16 ( 3.8G) Device block size=512, Number of Blocks=8057644 (3.8G) DeviceType=0x1, DeviceId=0x1 inst-sys:~ # parted /dev/sda print Model: ATA ST3500320AS (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 500GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: mac Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 512B 32.8kB 32.3kB Apple , , , , , , , , , , , , type=Apple_partition_map 2 32.8kB 214MB 214MB hfs primary , , , , , , , , , , , , type=Apple_HFS 4 348MB 32.4GB 32.1GB hfs+ Apple_HFS_Untitled_2 , , , , , , , , , , , , type=Apple_HFS 5 32.4GB 247GB 215GB primary , , , , , lvm, , , , , , , type=Linux_LVM inst-sys:~ # -- 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=459860 User ma@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860#c1 Michael Andres <ma@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aschnell@novell.com, ma@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |olh@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Michael Andres <ma@novell.com> 2008-12-18 02:39:06 MST --- Olaf? The patition has no boot flag, so what do you expect? Please attach the YaST logfiles (see 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=459860 User olh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860#c2 Olaf Hering <olh@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|olh@novell.com | --- Comment #2 from Olaf Hering <olh@novell.com> 2008-12-18 08:43:50 MST --- Created an attachment (id=260886) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=260886) bug459860.tar.bz2 the bootable flag is not required. logs from sharlyn, 11.0 and 11.1 11.0 had a fresh install on an empty disk. -- 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=459860 Michael Andres <ma@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |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=459860 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@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=459860 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860#c3 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |olh@novell.com --- Comment #3 from Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> 2008-12-19 05:10:01 MST --- Olaf I found comment in code: // the partition should be smaller than 20 cylinders (PPC lilo // takes that size as well); estimating the kiBytes: // 255 heads * 63 sectors * 20 cylinders * 512 bytes / 1024 bytes = // 160650 kiBytes size of your 2 hfs partitions: 208813 31332230 Both of them are greater than 160650 kiBytes. It is cause why yast2-bootloader doesn't select boot device. I am sorry I don't know why there is check for size of partition. :( Do you know something about it? -- 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=459860 User olh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860#c4 Olaf Hering <olh@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|olh@novell.com | --- Comment #4 from Olaf Hering <olh@novell.com> 2008-12-19 05:53:43 MST --- this is only true for msdos partition tables. and even then the FAT partition (if one is required) could be larger than that on recent systems. Maybe the smallest partition of the possbile type should be returned? -- 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=459860 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860#c5 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |olh@novell.com --- Comment #5 from Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> 2008-12-19 07:19:23 MST --- I can change it but are you sure that it is not problem for powerlilo? And fix will be in next release 11.2 :( I don't know if it is relevant for SLES11. Please let me know. -- 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=459860 User olh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860#c6 Olaf Hering <olh@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|olh@novell.com | --- Comment #6 from Olaf Hering <olh@novell.com> 2008-12-19 07:31:23 MST --- if the partition is larger than 16MB on a msdos label, lilo will shrink it to the size of yaboot if a 0x41 PReP boot is required. Otherwise it will convert it to FAT in the hope that the firmware driver will be able to read from it. Older IBM firmware had issues to read a FAT filesystem larger than 16MB. -- 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=459860 User juhliarik@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860#c7 Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #7 from Jozef Uhliarik <juhliarik@novell.com> 2009-02-04 04:32:37 MST --- fixed in yast2-bootloader 2.18.0 - for 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860 User olh@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459860#c8 --- Comment #8 from Olaf Hering <olh@novell.com> 2009-02-04 04:55:49 MST --- if possible, fix it also for sles11. -- 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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