[Bug 725966] New: Elilo does not make opensuse boot
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c0 Summary: Elilo does not make opensuse boot Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: RC 1 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: vljn@ovi.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/7.0.1 Hi, when I boot openSUSE install DVD in UEFI mode, Elilo loads opensuse installer correctly. However after installation is complete and system reboot from hard drive, elilo cannot load the freshly installed opensuse. The output says something like Loading linux kernel... Loading initrd image ... and stay forever. As there is no console output at all, it's difficult to tell what's crashing and I have not enough elilo experience to know how to enable some useful debug output. For now I'm using grub2-efi which is misconfigured out-of-the box, I already submitted bug reports to covert that point. But grub2-efi is not default opensuse bootloader for uefi system, and a non working boot is a showstopper bug in my opinion. My system has a Asus Z68-V motherboard with a hard drive and a SSD. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Launch install DVD in UEFI mode (on Asus latest motherboard, hit F8 and select "UEFI : my_cdrom_drive_containing_opensuse_dvd_image" 2. Install the system normally (leave elilo as bootloader) 3. Reboot Actual Results: System hangs after elilo says "loading initrd image" Expected Results: At least an output saying what has crashed, or a working system. -- 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=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c Jiri Srain <jsrain@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jsrain@suse.com |rw@suse.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=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c1 Raymund Will <rw@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO InfoProvider| |vljn@ovi.com --- Comment #1 from Raymund Will <rw@suse.com> 2011-10-25 17:50:45 UTC --- As the initial boot from DVD (which should use the same elilo/kernel combination) succeeds, it must IMHO be related to some boot option appended to the kernel command line. Can you attach (or paste) your 'elilo.conf' as generated by YaST? Could you paste the contents of '/proc/cmdline' from the grub2.efi booted system? Would you mind to try adding 'nomodeset' to the elilo kernel command line? -- 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=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c2 vincent lejeune <vljn@ovi.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW InfoProvider|vljn@ovi.com | --- Comment #2 from vincent lejeune <vljn@ovi.com> 2011-10-25 18:53:13 UTC --- Created an attachment (id=458822) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=458822) elilo.conf from 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=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c3 --- Comment #3 from vincent lejeune <vljn@ovi.com> 2011-10-25 18:54:54 UTC --- cat /proc/cmdline gives : BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop root=UUID=5e4f7715-57f0-454c-807d-99ac412c8a0c pcie_aspm=force The elilo.conf is attached in previous reply. When booting with this elilo.conf, I got a more verbose error message : "error near line 3" and "error near line 11", which are both comment lines. I'm trying to boot removing these comments... -- 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=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c4 --- Comment #4 from vincent lejeune <vljn@ovi.com> 2011-10-25 19:06:04 UTC --- Using the elilo.conf below, I have the following error messages : "Error near line 4 : option (null) expects an equal signal + value" "Error near line 3 : option *SomeWeirdCharacterSequence* expects an equal signal + (null)". I wonder if the last one is not related to encoding issue, but I might be wrong. __________________________________________ timeout = 80 verbose append root fX default = linux prompt message image = vmlinuz-3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop label = linux append = "resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2500AAKS-00VSA0_WD-WMART0785099-part3 splash=silent nomodeset quiet showopts" description = Linux initrd = initrd-3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop root = /dev/disk/by-uuid/5e4f7715-57f0-454c-807d-99ac412c8a0c image = vmlinuz-3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop label = failsafe append = "showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe " description = Failsafe initrd = initrd-3.1.0-rc9-1-desktop root = /dev/disk/by-uuid/5e4f7715-57f0-454c-807d-99ac412c8a0c -- 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=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c5 Denny Beyer <lumnis@email.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |lumnis@email.de --- Comment #5 from Denny Beyer <lumnis@email.de> 2011-11-10 09:03:21 UTC --- I have (almost) the same mainboard asus P8Z68-V PRO. The issue with DVD was missing packages for elilo on media, when installing from online repositories it worked like charm as expected. see Bug 728529 - DVD 64bit Install fails on UEFI / 64bit with "Missing arch for elilo" if this could be the issue in your case as well. -- 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=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c6 vincent lejeune <vljn@ovi.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED --- Comment #6 from vincent lejeune <vljn@ovi.com> 2011-11-23 19:53:29 UTC --- Bug is fixed with 12.1 release, thank. -- 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=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c7 Agnelo de la Crotche <hippolyte@shaw.ca> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |hippolyte@shaw.ca --- Comment #7 from Agnelo de la Crotche <hippolyte@shaw.ca> 2012-01-11 09:20:39 UTC --- I don't think it's fixed. I got exactly the samwe problem with 12.1 today. Mainboard is ASUS M5A97. I accepted the default partitioning suggested by the setup: /dev/sdc1 14.87 GB Linux native Ext4 / 0 1941 /dev/sdc2 476.84 MB EFI boot FAT /boot/efi 1941 2002 /dev/sdc3 47.68 GB Linux native 2002 8227 /dev/sdc4 9.31 GB Linux swap Swap /home 8827 9442 /dev/sdc5 393.43 GB Linux native Ext4 / 9442 60800 Here's elilo.conf created by Yast (without the 7 lines comments at the top): timeout = 80 verbose fX ##YaST - boot_efilabel = "openSUSE 12.1" delay default = linux append message prompt root image = vmlinuz-3.1.0-1.2-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### label = linux append = "resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKX-001CA0_WD-WCAYUAT98512-part4 splash=silent quiet showopts " description = Linux initrd = initrd-3.1.0-1.2-desktop root = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKX-001CA0_WD-WCAYUAT98512-part1 image = vmlinuz-3.1.0-1.2-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### label = failsafe append = "showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe " description = Failsafe initrd = initrd-3.1.0-1.2-desktop root = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKX-001CA0_WD-WCAYUAT98512-part1 The error message says: near line 11: Option (null) expects an equal signal + value near line 4: Option *SomeWeirdCharacterSequence* expects an equal sign + value Reproducible: Always -- 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=725966 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725966#c8 --- Comment #8 from Agnelo de la Crotche <hippolyte@shaw.ca> 2012-01-12 06:58:36 UTC --- (In reply to comment #7)
/dev/sdc1 14.87 GB Linux native Ext4 / 0 1941 /dev/sdc2 476.84 MB EFI boot FAT /boot/efi 1941 2002 /dev/sdc3 47.68 GB Linux native 2002 8227 /dev/sdc4 9.31 GB Linux swap Swap /home 8827 9442 /dev/sdc5 393.43 GB Linux native Ext4 / 9442 60800
I have been wondering why the suggested partitioning put the EFI partition in second. That was the problem: * format partition /dev/sda1 (14.87 GB) for / with ext4 * format partition /dev/sda2 (476.84 MB) for /boot/efi with vfat * foramt partition /dev/sda5 (393,43 GB) for /home with ext4 * use /dev/sdc4 as swap Maybe the setup came across some other older partitions, however I blanked the MBR before installing. I reinstalled with MBR, then again with GPT and that time, the suggested partitioning put the EFI partition at the beginning and the system installed and booted correctly. -- 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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