[Bug 465125] New: Install DVD "repair system" fails "boot installed system" and "install new boot loader"
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125 Summary: Install DVD "repair system" fails "boot installed system" and "install new boot loader" Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: x86 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: casualprogrammer@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com CC: jsuchome@novell.com, mvidner@novell.com, jreidinger@novell.com Found By: Beta-Customer After installing os11.1 from scratch (DVD) I ventured to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst with yast2. While no error was indicated, after reboot I get an error from the boot loader stating Error: No Operating System Operating System not found. Trying to fix things with the Repair System option from the DVD results in: 1. Boot installed System Yast2 message box saying: "No Linux root partition found" OK 2. Install new boot loader Yast2 message box saying: "No valid root partition found. Go back and select all scan options. Afterwards restart scanning." OK This also happens after fixing the original issue and system is bootable. Not sure what information to gather, please advise... -- 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=465125 Casual J. Programmer <casualprogrammer@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Critical |Major -- 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=465125 User aorlovskyy@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c1 Alexander Orlovskyy <aorlovskyy@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aorlovskyy@novell.com --- Comment #1 from Alexander Orlovskyy <aorlovskyy@novell.com> 2009-01-12 07:54:52 MST --- Please describe exactly what you changed in menu.lst and what was original issue ? -- 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=465125 User pastas4@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c2 Dainius Masiliunas <pastas4@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |pastas4@gmail.com --- Comment #2 from Dainius Masiliunas <pastas4@gmail.com> 2009-01-14 08:16:41 MST --- I have this issue as well, and it's fairly easy to replicate. Boot the DVD, go into "Repair Installed System", choose "Expert Options" and try one of those options mentioned here - "boot installed system" or "install a new boot loader". The first one won't find the partition, and the second will report success but nothing really happens, plus it suggests wrong parameters. Even more, after pressing Finish you arrive in a DOS-styled red window system which tells you that an error occurred, and you have to navigate to "Exit or Reboot" and again "Exit or reboot". Now if you tried to go to "Install" from the DVD, and choose Repair from there, it would work like a charm. My full story about how I got in need of repairing the system is here: http://www.techsupportforum.com/alternative-computing/linux-support/334523-a... Also, bug #463231 is a duplicate of this. -- 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=465125 User jsuchome@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c3 Jiří Suchomel <jsuchome@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |casualprogrammer@gmail.com --- Comment #3 from Jiří Suchomel <jsuchome@novell.com> 2009-02-18 12:35:41 MST --- Could you try not running repair system from DVD menu, but actually starting an installation from it and selecting Repair from the second screen of installation (other options at that screen are, AFAIR, "Install" and "Upgrade"). -- 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=465125 User pastas4@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c4 --- Comment #4 from Dainius Masiliunas <pastas4@gmail.com> 2009-02-19 08:14:50 MST --- Sure, that's the way it's meant to be done, but in the next OpenSUSE release this version mismatch should be resolved, at least by linking "Repair" to "Install" and stopping the confusion that way. Also, I believe this bug should no longer be NeedInfo? -- 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=465125 User jsuchome@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c5 --- Comment #5 from Jiří Suchomel <jsuchome@novell.com> 2009-02-19 12:52:07 MST --- (In reply to comment #4)
Sure, that's the way it's meant to be done ...
Sorry, I overlooked that you actually write exactly the same thing.
but in the next OpenSUSE release this version mismatch should be resolved,
Sure.
Also, I believe this bug should no longer be NeedInfo?
I'd rather wait if original reporter confirms that the other way works for him. If yes, it could be solved as a duplicate of bug. 450944 -- 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=465125 User pastas4@gmail.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c6 --- Comment #6 from Dainius Masiliunas <pastas4@gmail.com> 2009-02-19 13:05:16 MST --- Yes, bug #450944 is similar, however it's not listed that Install new Boot Loader is also malfunctioning - even though it reports success, it uses wrong options and doesn't write anything 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=465125 User jsuchome@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c7 --- Comment #7 from Jiří Suchomel <jsuchome@novell.com> 2009-02-19 13:11:21 MST --- The reason why I count them as duplicates is different behavior of the same repair system started from different places. -- 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=465125 User midjh@edsl.co.za added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c8 John Middlebrook <midjh@edsl.co.za> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |midjh@edsl.co.za --- Comment #8 from John Middlebrook <midjh@edsl.co.za> 2009-02-27 13:45:43 MST --- Installed KDE4 only - no WIndows. System turned out to be slow, panel icons do not align, widgets in taskbar (lock & log) shifted to left against panels, clock filling remaining space to right. Update and othher widgets disappeared. The following was posted as "Repair Tool", but no helpful info came back. I have a problem, which I am sure is with GRUB.The live cdrom repair "fixes" faulty boot and partitions, but after accepting, an error message comes up with "Installation Error". I have tried reinstalling several times, but some files remain with the original modification date. Find files "GRUB" returns: file:///usr/share/doc/packages/pm-utils/examples/hooks/01grub, size 652, modified 03/12/2008 file:///usr/lib/pm-utils/sleep.d/99Zgrub, size 6214, modified 03/12/2008 file:///boot/grub, size 4096, modified 20/02/2009 file:///usr/lib/grub, size 4096, modified 10/12/2008 file:///usr/sbin/grub size 119512 modified 03/12/2008 file:///usr/share/doc/packages/grub, size 4096, modified 10/12/2008 file:///usr/share/YaST2/include/bootloader/grub size 4096, modified 20/02/2009 file:///usr/lib/grub/nbgrub, size 183746, modified 03/12/2008 file:///usr/lib/grub/pxegrub, size 184500, mofified 03/12/2008 The system is supposedly up to date from recent downloads. I am at a loss to explain how some files remain unchanged after reloading. Is the bug, indeed here? Insstallation was "new" from 10.3. -- 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=465125 Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |jreidinger@novell.com |ovo.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=465125 User jreidinger@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c9 Josef Reidinger <jreidinger@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info Provider|casualprogrammer@gmail.com |midjh@edsl.co.za --- Comment #9 from Josef Reidinger <jreidinger@novell.com> 2009-03-19 09:47:52 MST --- Could you please post what error message appear? And also logs from repair can help (ctrl+f2 and copy /var/log/YaST2/y2log to usb, floppy or via net) -- 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=465125 User midjh@edsl.co.za added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c10 --- Comment #10 from John Middlebrook <midjh@edsl.co.za> 2009-03-20 16:02:44 MST --- ctrl+f2 gives nothing, No action. Repair tool gives same errors each time it is run: Check Boot Loader Configuration File. Boot loader error (system only boots from DVD) /boot/grub/device.map not valid Repair - Repaired Section Management, etc - OK Boot Loader Error Detected /boot/grub/device.map.not valid Reapir - installed successfully OK Finish Really finish? - yes Restart - OK Red Warnibg: An error occurred during the installation Only otion - OK To reboot. YaST2 contains 1303 lines - do you want them? See my previous thread. Are original install dates valid? -- 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=465125 User jreidinger@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=465125#c11 --- Comment #11 from Josef Reidinger <jreidinger@novell.com> 2009-03-21 03:27:10 MST --- OK, it is my mistake, it is ctrl+alt+f2 (as you in X window). With out logs I don't know why repairing fail and without logs It is hard to 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.
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