https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713325 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713325#c0 Summary: Grub cannot install boot loader Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Milestone 3 Platform: i686 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.4 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: mlemos@acm.org QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: Yes I got an HP ProBook 4520s that comes with 500 GB with Windows 7. It comes with 4 partitions: SYSTEM, the main Windows partition, HP Recovery and HT Tools. I tried to have OpenSuse installation to resize the Windows larger partition but it said that it couldn't with this message: "The partition on disk /dev/sda is not readable by the partitioning tool parted, which is used to change the partition table. You can use the partitions on disk /dev/sda as they are. You can format them and assign mount points to them, but you cannot add, edit, resize, or remove partitions from that disk with this tool." So I resized the Windows partition from Windows 7 and added 3 partitions on the empty space for Linux: /, swap and /home. Still OpenSuSE installation has shown this warning message: "The bootloader is installed on a partition that does not lie entirely below 128 GB. The system might not boot if BIOS support only lba24 (result is error 18 during grub MBR)." I configured OpenSuSE installation to install on those partitions but Grub could not install the boot loader with this message: "grub> setup --stage=/boot/grub/stage2 --force-lba (hd0,2) (hd0,2) Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition grub> quit" I already tried this in OpenSuSE 11.4 but I suspected it needed newer parted and grub versions, so I also tried OpenSuSE 12.1 milestone 3 with the same results. The installation finishes but no Grub boot menu appears, it goes to Windows as if no Linux was installed, although the installed version is there in the 3 partitions that were created on Windows, I just cannot make them boot. Is there a solution to workaround these problems? -- 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.