[Bug 386800] New: Installing bootloader on Macbook 3,1
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=386800 Summary: Installing bootloader on Macbook 3,1 Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Beta 2 Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: paul.hendrick@googlemail.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: Other Installing on a macbook fails 100% of the time, using the 64Bit iso. Failure occurs when the installer attempts to install the Grub bootloader, claiming that package verification for kernel-default failed. Viewing the exact error shows that the root device (dev/sda5) could not be found error generated by /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.10.0/Bootloader/Tools.pm line 280, this is then followed by a grub shell error, where the setup fails when trying to install the bootloader to the disk. Looking at line 280 from the Tools.pm file, I see: my $sb = "/sys/block"; opendir(BLOCK_DEVICES,"$sb") || die("ReadPartitions(): Failed to open dir $sb"); running mount shows that /sys is mounted, as is /proc. Those errors aren't 100% exact, as I didn't note them down, but I'll attempt an install again if they'd be a help. further info: Checking the install medium passes, and installing in a vm works flawlessly. -- 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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Martijn Pepping
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--- Comment #9 from Martijn Pepping
the trick I've found here is that it will always fail the first time. After the install if you boot again with a live cd for example and manually run
grub install... setup...
or whatever it is, it will actually work. I have grub running on my macbook pro dual booted with OSX (leopard)
That doesn't work for the 'normal' macbook. -- 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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--- Comment #16 from Martijn Pepping
I suspect GPT and MBR are out of sync, not much we can do from our side(?)
That doesn't explain why grub-install on {fedora,ubuntu} installs just fine.
11.1 should do better -- try again with 11.1 or earliest its beta3.
Alright. I'll just wait for 11.1b3 or dive into it myself. (In reply to comment #15 from RL Simpson)
I am using rEFIt as are the other users reporting this bug. rEFIt syncs the GPT and MBR. I can confirm that the problem lies elsewhere.
I second that. :) Rgrds, Martijn -- 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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