https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643608 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643608#c0 Summary: Grub fails with "Selected cylinder exceeds max supported by BIOS" Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.3 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@novell.com ReportedBy: markus.kossmann@gmx.de QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Konqueror/4.5; Linux) KHTML/4.5.1 (like Gecko) SUSE When trying to boot a linux installation with /dev/sdb6 as /boot partition grub fails with "Selected cylinder exceeds max supported by BIOS" fdisk -l shows Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243201 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x6e406a3f Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 173777 1395862528 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sdb5 1 133676 1073742848 8e Linux LVM /dev/sdb6 133676 133695 158720 83 Linux /dev/sdb7 133696 134348 5245191 83 Linux Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xd2ce93d5 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda2 13 5555 44514304 7 HPFS/NTFS Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary. /dev/sda3 * 5555 9730 33532928 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 5555 5686 1053696 83 Linux /dev/sda6 5687 9729 32466944 8e Linux LVM /boot/grub/menu.lst is : # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Fri Oct 1 19:36:30 CEST 2010 # THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader # Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader default 3 timeout 8 gfxmenu (hd0,4)/boot/message ##YaST - activate ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title GNU GRUB 2 -- openSUSE 11.3 - GNU GRUB 2 kernel (hd0,4)/boot/grub2/core.img root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-INTEL_SSDSA2M080G2GN_CVPO027202SP080JGN-part5 resume=/dev/system1/swap splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.36-rc5-2.99.24.d527087 root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.36-rc5-2.99.24.d527087-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-INTEL_SSDSA2M080G2GN_CVPO027202SP080JGN-part5 resume=/dev/system1/swap splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.36-rc5-2.99.24.d527087-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.36-rc5-2.99.24.d527087 root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.36-rc5-2.99.24.d527087-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-INTEL_SSDSA2M080G2GN_CVPO027202SP080JGN-part5 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x317 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.36-rc5-2.99.24.d527087-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34.7-0.3 root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.7-0.3-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-INTEL_SSDSA2M080G2GN_CVPO027202SP080JGN-part5 resume=/dev/system1/swap splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x317 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34.7-0.3-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34.7-0.3 root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.7-0.3-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-INTEL_SSDSA2M080G2GN_CVPO027202SP080JGN-part5 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x317 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34.7-0.3-desktop ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1### title windows 1 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2### title windows 2 rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title Desktop -- openSUSE factory root (hd1,5) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/system2/root_factory resume=/dev/system1/swap splash=silent quiet showopts vga=0x346 initrd /initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE factory root (hd1,5) kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/system2/root_factory showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe vga=0x346 initrd /initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: hard_disk### title Festplatte rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 /boot/grub/device.map: cat /boot/grub/device.map (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-INTEL_SSDSA2M080G2GN_CVPO027202SP080JGN (hd1) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD2001FASS-00W2B0_WD-WMAY00075426 /etc/grub.conf is setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,2) (hd0,4) quit I don't think that this is a BIOS problem because grub2 ( installed from grub2-1.98-3.1.x86_64 ) can boot that installion using the following minimal grub.cfg: # Timeout for menu set timeout=10 # Set default boot entry as Entry 0 set default=0 # Entry 0 - Load Linux kernel menuentry "Factory" { set root=(hd1,6) linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/system2/root_factory initrd /initrd } Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Trying to boot 2. 3. Actual Results: Fails to boot Expected Results: Should boot -- 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.