Bug 450320

Summary: Installer did not preserve the boot section for other Linux partition
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.1 Reporter: Forgotten User WEjcDIABp3 <forgotten_WEjcDIABp3>
Component: InstallationAssignee: Josef Reidinger <jreidinger>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity: Critical    
Priority: P5 - None Flags: coolo: SHIP_STOPPER+
Version: RC 1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: x86-64   
OS: Linux   
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Attachments: boot sections during install
yast logs

Description Forgotten User WEjcDIABp3 2008-11-30 16:17:58 UTC
Created attachment 256793 [details]
boot sections during install

I had a another linux distro (Ubuntu) installed in a different partition before installing opensuse, during the install a Boot section was presented for this system (please see the attached screenshot), however after install the section is not available on the grub menu.


linux-r4uc:~ # more /boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Nov 30 15:49:04 WET 2008
default 0
timeout 8
##YaST - generic_mbr
gfxmenu (hd0,3)/boot/message
##YaST - activate

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 11.1
    root (hd0,3)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-4-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-65A7B0_WD-WMASY2156834-part4 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-65A7B0_WD-WMASY2156834-part5 splash=silent showopts 
vga=0x345
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-4-default

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.1
    root (hd0,3)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.7-4-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAKS-65A7B0_WD-WMASY2156834-part4 showopts ide=nodma apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=of
f processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x345
    initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.27.7-4-default
linux-r4uc:~ #
Comment 1 Andreas Jaeger 2008-11-30 17:24:38 UTC
Please attach the YaST log files (see http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/YaST)
Comment 2 Forgotten User WEjcDIABp3 2008-12-01 09:33:34 UTC
Created attachment 256866 [details]
yast logs
Comment 3 Josef Reidinger 2008-12-01 11:04:00 UTC
Thanks for report, this is same problem with menu section (missing configfile key).

' ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:  Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (/dev/sda2)###'
' title  Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (/dev/sda2)'
'     root (hd0,1)'
' '


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 449863 ***