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5 Oct 2007 5 Oct '07

17:26

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257 Summary: install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: 32bit OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: achiestdragon@whipy.demon.co.uk QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: System Test on a machine with a prior install of suse (10.2) when the boot loader is set to MBR and installation set to new install , partitioned to use all disk the install fails to boot as the old mbr settings are left intact giving the :- no operating system installed message on first boot during the install theres no install option to allow for alternate boot locations in the install so makes this rather unavoidable work around reboot from install dvd select other install options and boot the installed hard drive operating system from there the installation will then continue when the rest of the install is finished you have to run yast and set the boot loader location in there so it will correct it for future restarts im filing this as a bug as there should be alternate options for boot loader location in the install even though it may be unrecommended to change the settings , in some cases theres little option other than that , great job suse dev's Dave -- 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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5 Oct 5 Oct

17:36

New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257#c1 --- Comment #1 from david powell 2007-10-05 11:36:16 MST --- hmm think i need to clarify should read where a prior version of of suse (10.2) was installed with boot loader set to MBR on installing opensuse 10.3 (gm) with install options new install and set use all disk (in otherwords deleting all other partitions first ) -- 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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10 Oct 10 Oct

11:35

New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257 Cyril Hrubis changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |odabrunz@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.

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12:02

New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257#c2 Stefan Fent changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |stefan.fent@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |achiestdragon@whipy.demon.co.uk --- Comment #2 from Stefan Fent 2007-10-10 06:02:42 MST --- Can you please attach the logs? -- 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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12:22

New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257#c3 Olaf Dabrunz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|odabrunz@novell.com |aosthof@novell.com Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|achiestdragon@whipy.demon.co.uk | --- Comment #3 from Olaf Dabrunz 2007-10-10 06:22:59 MST --- As this seems related to the list of devices prepared by perl-Bootloader, assigning to perl-Bootloader maintainer. -- 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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12:24

New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257#c4 Olaf Dabrunz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |odabrunz@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |achiestdragon@whipy.demon.co.uk --- Comment #4 from Olaf Dabrunz 2007-10-10 06:24:24 MST --- Setting to NEEDINFO (see comment #2) again, for the requested yast logs (use "save_y2logs" to save them in a tar file). -- 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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New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257#c5 david powell changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|achiestdragon@whipy.demon.co.uk | --- Comment #5 from david powell 2007-10-10 10:00:33 MST --- Created an attachment (id=177469) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=177469) requested logs -- 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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New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257#c6 Olaf Dabrunz changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |achiestdragon@whipy.demon.co.uk --- Comment #6 from Olaf Dabrunz 2007-10-10 10:08:28 MST --- The attachment contains the contents of /var/lib/YaST2, rather than /var/log/YaST2. Please attach a tar file of the latter (using "save_y2logs" is recommended). -- 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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New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257#c7 david powell changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #177469|0 |1 is obsolete| | Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|achiestdragon@whipy.demon.co.uk | --- Comment #7 from david powell 2007-10-10 13:40:43 MST --- Created an attachment (id=177500) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=177500) the right ones this time -- 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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12 Oct 12 Oct

10:47

New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257 Alexander Osthof changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- 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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20 May 20 May

15:25

New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257 User aosthof@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257#c8 Alexander Osthof changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |achiestdragon@whipy.demon.co.uk --- Comment #8 from Alexander Osthof 2008-05-20 09:25:16 MST --- Does the same problem occur when installing openSUSE 11.0? -- 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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10 Jul 10 Jul

14:50

New subject: [Bug 331257] install failes because of lack of options for boot loader location

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257 User aosthof@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=331257#c9 Alexander Osthof changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |RESOLVED Info Provider|achiestdragon@whipy.demon.co.uk | Resolution| |NORESPONSE --- Comment #9 from Alexander Osthof 2008-07-10 08:50:08 MDT --- No info provided for nearly 2 months, thus closing RESOLVED NORESPONSE. -- 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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