https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750897 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750897#c0 Summary: grub2-install failed to install to extended partition Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.2 Version: Milestone 1 Platform: x86 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.2 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: mchang@suse.com ReportedBy: mchang@suse.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: Development Blocker: --- My partition setup: $ fdisk -l Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 4208639 2103296 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 * 4208640 213921791 104856576 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 4210688 46153727 20971520 83 Linux Try to install grub2 (embedding boot.img) in extended partition as secondary bootstrap .. $ grub2-install --force /dev/sda2 /usr/sbin/grub2-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda2. Check your device.map. However the device.map looks fine .. it did contains grub/os drive mapping correctly $ cat /boot/grub2/device.map (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HM250HJ_S2ATJ1KZB00186 Inside grub2-install script, the command line invocation below has trouble: $ /usr/sbin/grub2-probe --device-map=/boot/grub2/device.map --target=drive --device /dev/sda2 expected result: return (hd0,msdos2) actual result: return /usr/sbin/grub2-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda2. Check your device.map. Need to check why the failure occur and could the installation be successful after it get fixed? -- 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.