[Bug 768538] New: Message without sensible meaning: partition number > 3 is being used for booting with GPT partition table
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538#c0 Summary: Message without sensible meaning: partition number > 3 is being used for booting with GPT partition table Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Beta 2 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: richard.bos@xs4all.nl QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created an attachment (id=496106) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=496106) Screenshot showing the not informative message User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/13.0.1 No further details available. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. install openSUSE using DVD image on a disk with GPT partitioning 2. 3. Actual Results: See screenshot, during the installation preparation the message is shown: partition number > 3 is being used for booting with GPT partition table But what does it tell? What does it mean, is it good? Is it bad? Must it be changed or not? I now realized that I could have a look at the help (perhaps append after the message, see help for details, if they are present). Expected Results: A clear message, that is understood by regular computer users. -- 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=768538 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538#c1 Richard Bos <richard.bos@xs4all.nl> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #496106|0 |1 is obsolete| | --- Comment #1 from Richard Bos <richard.bos@xs4all.nl> 2012-06-23 11:09:57 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=496107) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=496107) Screenshot showing the not informative message -- 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=768538 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538#c kk zhang <kkzhang@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |kkzhang@suse.com AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.pr |yast2-maintainers@suse.de |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=768538 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538#c Jiří Suchomel <jsuchome@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |fehr@suse.com Severity|Normal |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=768538 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538#c2 Thomas Fehr <fehr@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |fehr@suse.com AssignedTo|fehr@suse.com |snwint@suse.com --- Comment #2 from Thomas Fehr <fehr@suse.com> 2012-06-25 09:33:23 UTC --- Message is generated by yast2-bootloader, reassigning. -- 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=768538 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538#c3 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium Status|NEW |ASSIGNED --- Comment #3 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.com> 2012-06-25 13:59:49 CEST --- Looks like a nonsense message to me. -- 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=768538 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538#c4 --- Comment #4 from Richard Bos <richard.bos@xs4all.nl> 2012-06-27 07:47:05 UTC --- Steffen, what would be very useful: in case of GPT partioning do not store the bootloader (or whatever it is called) on disk, but in the MBR. If it is not stored in the MBR, the system will not boot at all. Very disruptive :( :( -- 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=768538 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538#c5 --- Comment #5 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.com> 2012-06-27 10:02:27 CEST --- There's are MBRs with GPT boot code. We'd just need to use those. -- 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=768538 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768538#c6 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #6 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@suse.com> 2014-08-15 12:40:11 CEST --- Uhm, message is still there. Fixed now. -- 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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