Bug 288201

Summary:	YaST does not find linux root partitions
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 10.3	Reporter:	Christian Zoz <zoz>
Component:	Installation	Assignee:	Lukas Ocilka <locilka>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Alpha 5
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
Whiteboard:
Found By:	Development	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---
Attachments:	y2log of that system

Description Christian Zoz 2007-06-28 14:54:19 UTC

My boot manager was broken, so i started installation to boot the already installed system. After i selected 'boot installed system' a popup message appeared telling me that it cannot find a linux root partition. But there are two linux root partitions on the disk.

Comment 1 Christian Zoz 2007-06-28 14:56:56 UTC

Created attachment 148771 [details]
y2log of that system

Comment 2 Lukas Ocilka 2007-07-02 12:27:22 UTC

Yes, there are two Linux systems, but neither of them was considered to be valid:

$[
  "/dev/sda2":$[
    `arch:"unknown", `fs:`ntfs, `fstype:"HPFS/NTFS", `label:"",
    `name:"unknown", `valid:false
  ],
  "/dev/sda3":$[
    `arch:"x86_64", `fs:`reiser, `fstype:"Linux native", `label:"",
    `name:"SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10", `valid:false
  ],
  "/dev/sda5":$[
    `arch:"x86_64", `fs:`ext3, `fstype:"Linux native", `label:"",
    `name:"openSUSE 10.3", `valid:false
  ]
]

DeviceMatchFstab device:/dev/sda5 fstab:/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_HTS541080G9SA00_MPBDL0XKG141JM-part2 ret:false
(doesn't match)

DeviceMatchFstab device:/dev/sda3 fstab:/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_HTS541080G9SA00_MPBDL0XKG141JM-part3 ret:true
(matches but...)
Architecture for partition /dev/sda3 is x86_64, upgrading i386
(please, try x86_64 media)

Comment 3 Lukas Ocilka 2007-07-04 14:34:24 UTC

OK, let's see...

- Do not let wrong architecture to make partition invalid in case
  of boot-from-partition but make it invalid in case of upgrade
  (#288201).

- yast2-update-2.15.14