Bug 722248

Summary: Error no active partition on GPT disk layout
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 12.1 Reporter: Forgotten User OfsFetVrzR <forgotten_OfsFetVrzR>
Component: YaST2Assignee: E-mail List <yast2-maintainers>
Status: RESOLVED NORESPONSE QA Contact: Jiri Srain <jsrain>
Severity: Normal    
Priority: P5 - None CC: aschnell
Version: Beta 1   
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Hardware: Other   
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Description Forgotten User OfsFetVrzR 2011-10-05 11:09:00 UTC 
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I have tried to install 12.1 beta+ on a system which previously had a GPT partition table.

The installation went through, but the disklabel has neither been converted to MSDOS nor did it result in a bootable GPT layout.

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1 Arvin Schnell 2011-10-07 15:41:18 UTC 
Why should YaST convert the partition table to MSDOS? The report does
not indicate why the system does not boot. Please provide YaST logs,
see http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Bugreport_YaST.
Comment 2 Forgotten User OfsFetVrzR 2011-10-11 07:55:08 UTC 
Sorry, as the system has already been reinstalled, I can no longer provide the logs. But you can easily reproduce this on your own, by trying to install on a system with an existing GPT partition table.
Comment 3 Arvin Schnell 2011-10-13 15:33:04 UTC 
Likely you had an GPT without synced MBR on the disk. It could have worked
with a GPT with a synced MBR. So far YaST (parted) simply keeps the existing
GPT since changing it either causes systems to stop booting or violates
specifications or both.

I can only assume you started with a partition table not supported by
your BIOS. In that case we assume the user knows what he/she is doing.

But without logs it is all guesswork.