https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642399 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=642399#c0 Summary: grub does not find menu.lst though it is advised to do so. Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: All OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@novell.com ReportedBy: estellnb@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/4.4; Linux) KHTML/4.4.4 (like Gecko) SUSE Grub is installed on (hd0,6) but always searches for grub/menu.lst on (hd0,0) instead. I have added the (hd0,6)/grub/menu.lst to /etc/grub conf but that does not help: setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,6)/grub/menu.lst (hd0,6) (hd0,6) setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,6)/grub/menu.lst (hd0) (hd0,6) quit
grub --batch
GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,6)/grub/menu.lst (hd0,6) (hd0,6) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,6)"... failed (this is not fatal) Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,6)"... failed (this is not fatal) Running "install --force-lba --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,6) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst "... succeeded Done. grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,6)/grub/menu.lst (hd0) (hd0,6) Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition grub> quit The following does not help either (same result): grub> root (hd0,6) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 17 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+17 p (hd0,6)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succee ded Done. 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.