[Bug 213256] New: Grub installs in MBR no mather what selected in YaST2-bootloader
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 Summary: Grub installs in MBR no mather what selected in YaST2- bootloader Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Alpha 5 plus Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: yast2-maintainers@suse.de ReportedBy: holgi@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com CC: aj@novell.com I selected to install grub on the root partition during installation but it was installed in the MBR. When starting YaST"-bootloader after installation there will be not checkbox checked of the possible bootloader destinations -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #1 from holgi@novell.com 2006-10-18 05:14 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=101868) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=101868&action=view) YaST2.tgz -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 locilka@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|yast2-maintainers@suse.de |odabrunz@novell.com ------- Comment #2 from locilka@novell.com 2006-10-18 08:33 MST ------- Boot Loader -> odabrunz -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 mhorvath@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |meissner@novell.com ------- Comment #3 from mhorvath@novell.com 2006-10-19 04:02 MST ------- *** Bug 213577 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 holgi@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Major |Critical Version|Alpha 5 plus |Beta 1 ------- Comment #4 from holgi@novell.com 2006-10-25 03:17 MST ------- Still in version Beta 1 -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 kkeil@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Critical |Blocker ------- Comment #5 from kkeil@novell.com 2006-10-25 03:58 MST ------- Then this is a blocker IMHO, it is unacceptable that a installation destroy the MBR for a public test. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #6 from holgi@novell.com 2006-10-25 04:07 MST ------- *** Bug 186255 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #7 from kkeil@novell.com 2006-10-25 04:09 MST ------- The reason for overwriting the MBR is inside YaST, it write a /etc/grub.conf containing 2 setup lines, one for the selected boot partion one for the MBR e.g. setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd1,8) (hd1,8) setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0) (hd1,8) quit This is not the only bug in YAST2 grub handling, ut also does not write the menu.conf correctely, the first lines with default 0 timeout 8 gfxmenu (hd1,8)/boot/message are missing. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 holgi@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |stefan.fent@novell.com ------- Comment #8 from holgi@novell.com 2006-10-25 04:10 MST -------
From Bug 186255: ------- Comment #2 from stefan.fent@novell.com 2006-10-25 03:55 MST ------- Depending on what you had on the szstem before, this might have been necessary. MBR is just replaced by generic MBR, which makes sense in most cases. Did you disable this in the checkbox?
So is there a change of behaviour now? So far I had to select when I wanted to replace MBR by generic code. Now I have to select if I _don't_ want it? Is that correct? Where can I find the checkbox you are talking about? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 aj@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|Grub installs in MBR no |Grub installs in MBR no matter what selected in |mather what selected in |YaST2-bootloader |YaST2-bootloader | -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #9 from kkeil@novell.com 2006-10-25 10:01 MST ------- The checkboxes are off by default (in the boot loader details section) and I do not change anything there, so they are not the reason for the wrong config. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #10 from jsuchome@novell.com 2006-10-26 00:22 MST ------- BTW - from YaST style guide point of view - you shouldn't use checkboxes but rather radio buttons when you want user to select just one option from the list. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 stefan.fent@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |duwe@novell.com Severity|Blocker |Critical ------- Comment #11 from stefan.fent@novell.com 2006-10-26 04:59 MST ------- Karsten, in your case you won't be able to boot w/o have grub in the MBR, as you try to boot from BIOS 0x81 logical partition. (It might be that you BIOS is capable of doing so, but there's no way to find out) So, in your case the Behaviuor is correct. Holgi, click on 'bootloader options' in the second tab of the bootloader configuration. Downgrading. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 meissner@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Critical |Blocker ------- Comment #12 from meissner@novell.com 2006-10-26 05:03 MST ------- did you read my initial report? independently whatever I select in the bootloader it will _ALWAYS_ overwrite my MBR. Read: ALWAYS. And no, it did not do this for 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 10.0, 10.1, SLED 10, SLES 10, SLES 8, SLES 9, all installed on the same machine. I have even attached YAST Logfiles for you to review. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #15 from kkeil@novell.com 2006-10-26 05:33 MST ------- No it is not correct (and I did not fill a bug because this bug describe exactely my problem: YaST/grub ALWAYS overwrite the MBR). I already have a boot loader in the MBR for all my test partions, until 10.2 Alpha5+ this was never overwritten, if I selected root or boot partion as boot source. The logfiles are the same. I see this wrong behavior on all my test machines with Alpha 5 plus. Never overwrite the MBR if the user did not request it. Only case where it should be the default is, if the HD is fully used by the new install and if it is the only HD. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #16 from holgi@novell.com 2006-10-26 06:14 MST ------- To sf: The checkbox at 'bootloader options' do not work (does not change anything). Furthermore your statement "MBR is just replaced by generic MBR" is wrong. If you look to the /etc/grub.conf file you will see that (no mather) what you select within the YaST2 bootloader - it will be written to MBR AND boot partition. So you can select what you want (as I mentioned before) it will be written in MBR all the 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 timmi@gmx-topmail.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |timmi@gmx-topmail.de ------- Comment #17 from timmi@gmx-topmail.de 2006-10-26 06:41 MST ------- *** Bug 181571 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 stefan.fent@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jplack@novell.com ------- Comment #18 from stefan.fent@novell.com 2006-10-26 10:23 MST ------- Ok, to clearify: - Yes, the proposal in Beta1 is not what we want (Although at least you can be sure you're able to boot ;-P ) - There might as well be some problems with the interface - To comment #7: _not_ writing grub to MBR in this case would leave you with an unbootable System. Here we would need some kind of checkbox stating: "I know what I'm doing, I don't expect the system to boot by it's own" Finally, we should have 1 (one) bugzilla entry for one bug. This bug is about the wrong proposal. Could you please add bugzilla entries for _each_ of the problems you detect? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 bjoern@cs.tu-berlin.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bjoern@cs.tu-berlin.de ------- Comment #19 from bjoern@cs.tu-berlin.de 2006-10-26 10:56 MST ------- Are there any work-arounds for people who want to leave their MBR untouched during installation or update? My (untested) ideas: - make /etc/grub.conf immutable (with chattr +i /etc/grub.conf) - choose the option "Do not install a boot loader (or similar)" - backup the old MBR -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #20 from duwe@novell.com 2006-10-26 11:04 MST ------- I just installed 10.2 Beta1 on AMD64, went to the "Expert" Tab, and checked both "replace MBR with generic code" and "activate partition" (or whatever their exact wordings are). The result was a generic MBR, in case this helps anybody. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #21 from stefan.fent@novell.com 2006-10-27 01:42 MST ------- comment #19: You can edit the /etc/grub.conf during installation from within YaST and remove the corresponding 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 jplack@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|odabrunz@novell.com |jplack@novell.com Status|NEW |ASSIGNED ------- Comment #22 from jplack@novell.com 2006-10-31 05:02 MST ------- working on that in perl-Bootloader -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 zoz@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |zoz@novell.com ------- Comment #23 from zoz@novell.com 2006-11-02 05:07 MST ------- BTW: For 'Boot Loader Location' i checked 'Custom Boot Partition', but in the list of partitions all logical partitions are missing. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 meissner@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Version|Beta 1 |Beta 1 plus ------- Comment #24 from meissner@novell.com 2006-11-07 03:16 MST ------- Beta1Plus has the same problem. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 jplack@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #25 from jplack@novell.com 2006-11-07 07:33 MST ------- Is fixed with new grub.conf handling in >= 0.4.0 in running system. please confirm whether the behaviour differs in instsys Am available through mobile phone (homesick) -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 public@mbachert.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | ------- Comment #26 from public@mbachert.de 2006-11-13 08:19 MST ------- This seems still being present in Beta 2 as when I installed Beta 2 the proposal was to install GRUB on /dev/hde2 but it was installed in MBR instead after the installation. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 jplack@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #27 from jplack@novell.com 2006-11-13 09:08 MST ------- list of logical partitions addded for beta2+ -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 mrmazda@ij.net changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mrmazda@ij.net ------- Comment #28 from mrmazda@ij.net 2006-11-13 17:10 MST ------- I started http factory install about 24 hours ago. All those checkboxes need to be replaced with radio buttons so that grub can be installed in only one location. No matter what box or combination of boxes I selected, the summary always reported that grub will be installed on mbr of first HD. Grub did in fact get installed on the root partition as I wanted. So, it doesn't seem to be fixed correctly yet. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 public@mbachert.de changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | ------- Comment #29 from public@mbachert.de 2006-11-28 09:57 MST ------- reopened because still present in RC1 -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 jplack@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |ASSIGNED ------- Comment #30 from jplack@novell.com 2006-11-28 10:19 MST ------- this should be fixed now, will check tomorrow, finally with RC3 -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #31 from aj@novell.com 2006-11-29 04:50 MST ------- What is the status with RC3? -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 ------- Comment #32 from zoz@novell.com 2006-11-29 05:58 MST ------- For me it worked with RC3. I selected to install grub to root partition. It did that and left mbr untouched. So i'm fine with it. To comment 28: the checkboxes are intentional. It should be able to select multiple places simultaneously. This is an expert dialog. -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213256 jplack@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Comment #33 from jplack@novell.com 2006-11-29 06:19 MST ------- works for me too right now, works really smootly IMO -- 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, or are watching someone who is.
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