Upgrading 42.2 over 13.1 results in "product not compatible" warning and GRUB error 17 at reboot

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1

Hello,

I am trying to upgrade my OpensSUSE 13.1 installation to 42.2. I have upgraded multiple major versions of OpenSUSE before.

At upgrade initialization time, I get a warning “you are trying to upgrade an incompatible product - OpenSUSE 13.1; if you continue the system may not start…”. And, indeed, if I complete the upgrade, at the first reboot attempt I get a GRUB error 17.

It does not matter if I install from scratch - I get the same result (I guess the installation software figures it can do an upgrade instead).

How is this problem fixed?

Thank you.

2

First, more information is needed, such as Exactly how did you do the upgrade including what medium you used and Were you running the 32-bit or 64-bit version of 13.1 before moving up to 42.2.

Start by answering at least those two questions.

3

Also the installer can be controlled you don’t have to take the default suggestions. You want to reformat the root partition (NOT the home to save your data)

42.2 only supports 64 bit not 32bit you can not upgrade 32 to 64 you need a clean install

4

Thank you for looking into this - I greatly appreciate it!

I burned a DVD with the “network install” version of 42.2 and booted from it in order to start the install. When the install/upgrade was done and the installer rebooted, I let it (try to) boot from the hard drive - that’s when the grub error showed up.

The box is 64-bit (4-core AMD Phenom II CPUs), so it ran 13.1 64-bit, of course (and 12.x 64-bit before that - it’s an ancient box ;).

(To answer some of the other questions)

I did upgrade the root partition (after all, the installer did recognize that it was upgrading 13.1 though it claimed it’s not compatible) - like I said, I have done multiple upgrades of major OpenSUSE versions (and see this sort of problem for the first time) and like to keep the data in home/ to avoid lengthy restores form backup.

I know the install is customizable (always customize the set of software installed/upgraded) but I fail to see what exact customization would fix this issue…

Thank you (and everyone who replied) again!

5

This means GRUB legacy cannot mount partition (presumably where /boot/grub is located). Run GitHub - arvidjaar/bootinfoscript and make RESULTS.txt available, it may give some hints.

6

Here it is:(Part 1)

              Boot Info Script 0.75      [14 November 2016]

============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

=> Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for /boot/grub2. It also embeds following components:

modules
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
biosdisk fshelp ext2 part_msdos search_fs_uuid
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

config script
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
search.fs_uuid 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a root hd1,msdos2  
set prefix=($root)/boot/grub2

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

=> Syslinux MBR (5.00 and higher) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sdb.

sda1: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       ext3
Boot sector type:  -
Boot sector info: 
Operating System:  
Boot files:        /grub/menu.lst /grub/grub.conf

sda2: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       LVM2_member
Boot sector type:  -
Boot sector info:

sdb1: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       swap
Boot sector type:  -
Boot sector info:

sdb2: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       ext4
Boot sector type:  -
Boot sector info: 
Operating System:  openSUSE 13.1 (Bottle) (x86_64)
Boot files:        /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /etc/fstab 
                   /boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img

sdb3: __________________________________________________________________________

File system:       ext4
Boot sector type:  -
Boot sector info: 
Operating System:  
Boot files:

VolGroup00-LogVol00: ___________________________________________________________

File system:       ext3
Boot sector type:  -
Boot sector info: 
Operating System:  Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga)
Boot files:        /etc/fstab

VolGroup00-LogVol01: ___________________________________________________________

File system:       swap
Boot sector type:  Unknown
Boot sector info:

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sda1 * 63 208,844 208,782 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 208,845 1,953,520,064 1,953,311,220 8e Linux LVM

Drive: sdb _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sdb: 1000.2 GB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition Boot Start Sector End Sector # of Sectors Id System

/dev/sdb1 2,048 4,208,639 4,206,592 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb2 * 4,208,640 46,153,727 41,945,088 83 Linux
/dev/sdb3 46,153,728 1,953,523,711 1,907,369,984 83 Linux

“blkid” output: ________________________________________________________________

Device UUID TYPE LABEL

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 65e07824-023c-4276-ba52-74123d80ad97 ext3
/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol01 swap
/dev/sda1 578d45d7-e637-4f35-9518-aec9b6393119 ext3 /boot
/dev/sda2 7hdkhO-4esh-jpwf-1RGI-86cQ-yTgz-DSKrfc LVM2_member
/dev/sdb1 90fa8555-1667-4fff-9397-8b0563180e39 swap
/dev/sdb2 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a ext4
/dev/sdb3 18b679a0-7186-466c-8b51-4c5d16ad0d64 ext4

========================= “ls -l /dev/disk/by-id” output: ======================

total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 ata-hp_DVD-RAM_GH40L_B9LCBP5542522 -> …/…/sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 ata-SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575 -> …/…/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 ata-SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part1 -> …/…/sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 ata-SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part2 -> …/…/sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 ata-SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part3 -> …/…/sdb3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 ata-WDC_WD10EADS-65M2B0_WD-WMAV50871479 -> …/…/sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 ata-WDC_WD10EADS-65M2B0_WD-WMAV50871479-part1 -> …/…/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 ata-WDC_WD10EADS-65M2B0_WD-WMAV50871479-part2 -> …/…/sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 dm-name-VolGroup00-LogVol00 -> …/…/dm-0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 dm-name-VolGroup00-LogVol01 -> …/…/dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 dm-uuid-LVM-pkCXX396CaDAbfW9nEbbffX3pLYVzaxL2cV8gxp3dH3MUK5TZrG0pNlMMgeIvfDz -> …/…/dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 dm-uuid-LVM-pkCXX396CaDAbfW9nEbbffX3pLYVzaxL5F6Sv0daK2bTfAaMfbAVHeFhA0KH1Lrb -> …/…/dm-0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-1ATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575 -> …/…/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-1ATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part1 -> …/…/sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-1ATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part2 -> …/…/sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-1ATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part3 -> …/…/sdb3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-1ATA_WDC_WD10EADS-65M2B0_WD-WMAV50871479 -> …/…/sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-1ATA_WDC_WD10EADS-65M2B0_WD-WMAV50871479-part1 -> …/…/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-1ATA_WDC_WD10EADS-65M2B0_WD-WMAV50871479-part2 -> …/…/sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJS246J90B928575 -> …/…/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575 -> …/…/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part1 -> …/…/sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJS246J90B928575-part1 -> …/…/sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part2 -> …/…/sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJS246J90B928575-part2 -> …/…/sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part3 -> …/…/sdb3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_SAMSUNG_HD103SJS246J90B928575-part3 -> …/…/sdb3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EADS-65M_WD-WMAV50871479 -> …/…/sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EADS-65M_WD-WMAV50871479-part1 -> …/…/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EADS-65M_WD-WMAV50871479-part2 -> …/…/sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EADS-65_WD-WMAV50871479 -> …/…/sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EADS-65_WD-WMAV50871479-part1 -> …/…/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 scsi-SATA_WDC_WD10EADS-65_WD-WMAV50871479-part2 -> …/…/sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 usb-Generic-_Compact_Flash_20060413092100000-0:0 -> …/…/sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 usb-Generic-_MS_MS-Pro_20060413092100000-0:3 -> …/…/sdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 usb-Generic-_SD_MMC_20060413092100000-0:2 -> …/…/sde
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 usb-Generic-_SM_xD-Picture_20060413092100000-0:1 -> …/…/sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 wwn-0x5001480000000000 -> …/…/sr0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 wwn-0x50014ee0aca2ddd6 -> …/…/sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 wwn-0x50014ee0aca2ddd6-part1 -> …/…/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 wwn-0x50014ee0aca2ddd6-part2 -> …/…/sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 22 15:51 wwn-0x50024e9206178a8c -> …/…/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 wwn-0x50024e9206178a8c-part1 -> …/…/sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 wwn-0x50024e9206178a8c-part2 -> …/…/sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 22 15:51 wwn-0x50024e9206178a8c-part3 -> …/…/sdb3

========================= “ls -R /dev/mapper/” output: =========================

/dev/mapper:
control
VolGroup00-LogVol00
VolGroup00-LogVol01

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device Mount_Point Type Options

/dev/sdb2 / ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/sdb3 /home ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)

============================= sda1/grub/grub.conf: =============================

grub.conf generated by anaconda

Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file

NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that

all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.

root (hd0,0)

kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

initrd /initrd-version.img

#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-238.5.1.el5)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.img
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-238.1.1.el5)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.1.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.1.1.el5.img
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-194.17.4.el5)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.img

=================== sda1: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

       GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)

0.022012234 = 0.023635456 grub/menu.lst 1
0.022012234 = 0.023635456 grub/grub.conf 1
0.000030041 = 0.000032256 grub/stage2 2
0.009548664 = 0.010252800 vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 10
0.011432171 = 0.012275200 vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.1.1.el5 11
0.030493259 = 0.032741888 vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5 10
0.049446583 = 0.053092864 initrd-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.img 16
0.033863544 = 0.036360704 initrd-2.6.18-238.1.1.el5.img 18
0.034054279 = 0.036565504 initrd-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.img 18

========================== sdb2/boot/grub2/grub.cfg: ===========================

DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE

It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates

from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub

BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header

if -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
if “${next_entry}” ] ; then
set default=“${next_entry}”
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default=“${saved_entry}”
fi

if x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option=“–id”
else
menuentry_id_option=“”
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if “${prev_saved_entry}” ]; then
set saved_entry=“${prev_saved_entry}”
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
if -z “${boot_once}” ]; then
saved_entry=“${chosen}”
save_env saved_entry
fi
}

function load_video {
if x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}

if x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=‘hd1,msdos2’
if x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos2 --hint=‘hd1,msdos2’ 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
fi
font=“/usr/share/grub2/unicode.pf2”
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=‘hd1,msdos2’
if x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos2 --hint=‘hd1,msdos2’ 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
fi
insmod gfxmenu
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/ascii.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/DejaVuSans10.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/DejaVuSans12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/DejaVuSans-Bold14.pf2
insmod png
set theme=($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/theme.txt
export theme
if x${boot_once} = xtrue ]; then
set timeout=0
elif sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
set timeout=8
fi

END /etc/grub.d/00_header

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[QUOTE=tzvetan;2813939]Here it is: Part 2)

BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux

menuentry ‘openSUSE 13.1’ --class ‘opensuse-13-1’ --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option ‘gnulinux-simple-406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a’ {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=‘hd1,msdos2’
if x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos2 --hint=‘hd1,msdos2’ 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
fi
echo ‘Loading Linux 3.12.67-64-desktop …’
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.12.67-64-desktop root=UUID=406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts
echo ‘Loading initial ramdisk …’
initrd /boot/initrd-3.12.67-64-desktop
}
submenu ‘Advanced options for openSUSE 13.1’ $menuentry_id_option ‘gnulinux-advanced-406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a’ {
menuentry ‘openSUSE 13.1, with Linux 3.12.67-64-desktop’ --class ‘opensuse-13-1’ --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option ‘gnulinux-3.12.67-64-desktop-advanced-406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a’ {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=‘hd1,msdos2’
if x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos2 --hint=‘hd1,msdos2’ 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
fi
echo ‘Loading Linux 3.12.67-64-desktop …’
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.12.67-64-desktop root=UUID=406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part1 splash=silent quiet showopts
echo ‘Loading initial ramdisk …’
initrd /boot/initrd-3.12.67-64-desktop
}
menuentry ‘openSUSE 13.1, with Linux 3.12.67-64-desktop (recovery mode)’ --class ‘opensuse-13-1’ --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option ‘gnulinux-3.12.67-64-desktop-recovery-406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a’ {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=‘hd1,msdos2’
if x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd1,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd1,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci1,msdos2 --hint=‘hd1,msdos2’ 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a
fi
echo ‘Loading Linux 3.12.67-64-desktop …’
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.12.67-64-desktop root=UUID=406951fc-6176-4e7b-9d0f-cdb63c35a82a showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe
echo ‘Loading initial ramdisk …’
initrd /boot/initrd-3.12.67-64-desktop
}
}

END /etc/grub.d/10_linux

BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen

END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen

BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+

END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+

BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo

END /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo

BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober

menuentry ‘Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga) (on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00)’ --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option ‘osprober-gnulinux-simple-65e07824-023c-4276-ba52-74123d80ad97’ {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=‘hd0,msdos1’
if x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 --hint=‘hd0,msdos1’ 578d45d7-e637-4f35-9518-aec9b6393119
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 578d45d7-e637-4f35-9518-aec9b6393119
fi
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.img
}
submenu ‘Advanced options for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.6 (Tikanga) (on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00)’ $menuentry_id_option ‘osprober-gnulinux-advanced-65e07824-023c-4276-ba52-74123d80ad97’ {
menuentry ‘Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-238.5.1.el5) (on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00)’ --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option ‘osprober-gnulinux-/vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5–65e07824-023c-4276-ba52-74123d80ad97’ {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=‘hd0,msdos1’
if x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 --hint=‘hd0,msdos1’ 578d45d7-e637-4f35-9518-aec9b6393119
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 578d45d7-e637-4f35-9518-aec9b6393119
fi
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.5.1.el5.img
}
menuentry ‘Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-238.1.1.el5) (on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00)’ --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option ‘osprober-gnulinux-/vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.1.1.el5–65e07824-023c-4276-ba52-74123d80ad97’ {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=‘hd0,msdos1’
if x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 --hint=‘hd0,msdos1’ 578d45d7-e637-4f35-9518-aec9b6393119
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 578d45d7-e637-4f35-9518-aec9b6393119
fi
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.18-238.1.1.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-238.1.1.el5.img
}
menuentry ‘Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-194.17.4.el5) (on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00)’ --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option ‘osprober-gnulinux-/vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5–65e07824-023c-4276-ba52-74123d80ad97’ {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=‘hd0,msdos1’
if x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 --hint=‘hd0,msdos1’ 578d45d7-e637-4f35-9518-aec9b6393119
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 578d45d7-e637-4f35-9518-aec9b6393119
fi
linux /vmlinuz-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.img
}
}

END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober

BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom

This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the

menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change

the ‘exec tail’ line above.

END /etc/grub.d/40_custom

BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom

if -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif -z “${config_directory}” -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi

END /etc/grub.d/41_custom

BEGIN /etc/grub.d/90_persistent

END /etc/grub.d/90_persistent

=============================== sdb2/etc/fstab: ================================

/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part2 / ext4 acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part1 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-SAMSUNG_HD103SJ_S246J90B928575-part3 /home ext4 defaults 1 2

=================== sdb2: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

GiB - GB File Fragment(s)

4.575336456 = 4.912730112 boot/grub2/grub.cfg 1
16.138694763 = 17.328791552 boot/grub2/i386-pc/core.img 1
18.135456085 = 19.472797696 boot/grub/stage2 1
18.153350830 = 19.492012032 boot/vmlinuz 1
18.153350830 = 19.492012032 boot/vmlinuz-3.12.67-64-desktop 1
3.942512512 = 4.233240576 boot/initrd 1
3.942512512 = 4.233240576 boot/initrd-3.12.67-64-desktop 1

======================== VolGroup00-LogVol00/etc/fstab: ========================

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /data ext4 defaults 0 0
#192.168.1.91:/cygdrive/z /mnt/win nfs nfsvers=2
10.1.2.3:/cygdrive/z /mnt/win nfs nfsvers=2
192.168.1.250:/volume1/recordings /mnt/recordings nfs nfsvers=3

======================== Unknown MBRs/Boot Sectors/etc: ========================

Unknown BootLoader on VolGroup00-LogVol01

00000000 00 78 30 30 00 78 30 30 00 78 30 30 00 78 30 30 |.x00.x00.x00.x00|
*
00000200

========= Devices which don’t seem to have a corresponding hard drive: =========

sdc sdd sde sdf

=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================

mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically

linux

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Please next time either upload file and post link (you can use http://susepaste.org) or at least use tags "code’ around your text.

Anyway, I do not see how legacy grub may be loaded based on results you posted. Did you attempt to fix it after your original post? If yes, what exactly you did?

9

Sorry about the long include.Next time I’ll just have a link to Google drive.

In any case, I have not fixed it because I have no idea how or even if it’s fixable. My current assumption is that this box is not upgradeable so when things fall too far behind I’ll have to get a new box (which is not that outrageous given the age of this box)…