http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529729 Summary: kernel-* install fails silently if /boot partition isn't already mounted with read write privileges Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Final Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.1 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@novell.com ReportedBy: code933k@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.12) Gecko/2009071200 SUSE/3.0.12-0.1.2 Firefox/3.0.12 It is a common practice handling read-only boot partitions or not mounting them at all for security and speed reasons. It isn't necessary exposing /boot as this is supposed to be grub's handywork [...] However, the kernel installer rpm script will fail silently when trying to write vmlinuz into /boot as well as it fails at adding corresponding grub/menu.lst entries. The script will tell you that /boot/vmlinuz* was correctly installed but it is not. I am no expert here but I, personally, suggest testing against fstab and mtab whether or not a /boot partition is clean and mounted with read-write privileges so that this block can be avoided. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Do not mount /boot or have it mounted read-only... Actual Results: The script shows grub/menu.lst entries and /boot/vmlinuz* as correctly written but they are not. Expected Results: The installer should check whether a /boot partition is mounted with read-write privileges and clean. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.