An error occurred during boot loader installation. Retry boot loader configuration?

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I was having various issues so reverted back to 13.2 (from TW) and am trying a different partition scheme which seems to be working out well, so far. I decided to go with a separate /boot partition. I went into Yast to check the boot loader config looked ok after installation and to see if I had done it right…

Boot Loader = Grub2
Boot from Boot Partition = Tick
Set active Flag in Partition Table for Boot Partition = Tick
Write generic Boot Code to MBR = No Tick

I think that looks right? - but when I go to click OK I get an error message when it gets to “Install Boot Loader” saying "An error occurred during boot loader installation. Retry boot loader configuration?"

Everything boots fine, boot menu looks in order, etc. What gives?

Thanks.

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So, you are saying everything is installed and is running properly? You are not waiting to continue anything, such as an install?

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Yep, everything seems to be running great. I just get that message when I try to click OK. If I click ‘Yes’ for Retry it just repeats. If I click ‘No’ that particular Yast “Boot Loader” window just shuts down instantly. Like it doesn’t complete the check list it was doing?

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It might be a Yast bug.

Check that you have a decent amount of free space on “/boot”. Running out of space there can cause this message.

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I gave it 1GB to be on the safe side.

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Then that’s unlikely to be the problem.

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Just to be sure you are not running a EFI and you are using MBR format?? Right???

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Nah. Old school P55 / i3 Clarkdale box here, getting long in the tooth.

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OK some success! Linux 13.2 is installed as well as GRUB. Created a /boot partition in the ext4 format and the root is in ext4 format as well.

The downside is that the GRUB menu has no selection for DOS. I can re install but how would I go about that?

And There is a selection in GRUB for Windows XP but after selecting it the screen goes blank and the curser flashes.

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Is this about your own problem that you first described in a different thread?

If it is, can you move the discussion back to that thread. And provide the output of


# fdisk -l
  df

We can probably suggest how to get your DOS partition booted. And that might be what is needed to get your XP system booted.

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My apologies. Not trying to hijack this thread as the subject line was one that was I was going to use.