yast2 bootmanager issues

English Install/Boot/Login
#1

i am having issues with using SUSE 13.1 as the OS that manages grub, in yaST2 it says it has installed but when i try to boot i just get a blinking Xterm like cursor and the system doesn’t respond to input. i have never had this issue before when mint owned the bootloader, and i have never seen this with CentOS or arch either, which is why im at a loss. i have verified that the boot flag was moved to SUSE, SUSE is a primary partition, and the BIOS has sda as the boot device. here is the output of fdisk -l:

linux-832q:/home/nero #  fdisk -l 

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes, 488397168 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
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0005c098


   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1            2048   162799615    81398784   83  Linux
/dev/sda2       162799616   325597183    81398784   83  Linux
/dev/sda3   *   325597184   488396799    81399808   83  Linux
WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion.


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
Disk label type: gpt




#         Start          End    Size  Type            Name
 1           34   1953519615  931.5G  Microsoft basic home


Disk /dev/sdc: 4096 MB, 4096253952 bytes, 8000496 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
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x0002124a


   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1            2048     7999487     3998720   82  Linux swap / Solaris

here is the output of cat /var/log/YaST2/y2log_bootloader

Generating grub.cfg ...Found theme: /boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd-3.11.6-4-desktop
  No volume groups found
Found Antergos on /dev/sda1
Found elementary OS Luna (0.2) on /dev/sda2
done

there is nothing about the bootloader in /var/log/warn, so im lost.

#2

Where did you install Grub to, MBR or root?

#3

master boot record.
here is the boot config:


#
# 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$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos3'
if  x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3'  412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
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=POSIX
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
Found theme: /boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/theme.txt
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos3'
if  x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3'  412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
fi
insmod gfxmenu
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/DejaVuSans-Bold14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/DejaVuSans10.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/DejaVuSans12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/ascii.pf2
insmod png
set theme=($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=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###


### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd-3.11.6-4-desktop
menuentry 'openSUSE 13.1' --class 'opensuse-13-1' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9' {
    load_video
    set gfxpayload=keep
    insmod gzio
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='hd0,msdos3'
    if  x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3'  412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
    fi
    echo    'Loading Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop ...'
    linux    /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop root=UUID=412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9   resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250315AS_6VCLFCVP-part3 splash=silent quiet showopts
    echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
    initrd    /boot/initrd-3.11.6-4-desktop
}
submenu 'Advanced options for openSUSE 13.1' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9' {
    menuentry 'openSUSE 13.1, with Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop' --class 'opensuse-13-1' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.11.6-4-desktop-advanced-412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9' {
        load_video
        set gfxpayload=keep
        insmod gzio
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='hd0,msdos3'
        if  x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3'  412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
        fi
        echo    'Loading Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop ...'
        linux    /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop root=UUID=412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9   resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST9250315AS_6VCLFCVP-part3 splash=silent quiet showopts
        echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
        initrd    /boot/initrd-3.11.6-4-desktop
    }
    menuentry 'openSUSE 13.1, with Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop (recovery mode)' --class 'opensuse-13-1' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.11.6-4-desktop-recovery-412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9' {
        load_video
        set gfxpayload=keep
        insmod gzio
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='hd0,msdos3'
        if  x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos3 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos3 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos3 --hint='hd0,msdos3'  412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9
        fi
        echo    'Loading Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop ...'
        linux    /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop root=UUID=412ae38c-f2b7-42ed-ba9a-4912255e4cf9  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-3.11.6-4-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 ###
  /dev/sdd: open failed: No medium found
  No volume groups found
Found Antergos on /dev/sda1
menuentry 'Antergos (on /dev/sda1)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf' {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='hd0,msdos1'
    if  x$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'  9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf
    fi
    linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf rw
    initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Antergos (on /dev/sda1)' $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf' {
    menuentry 'Antergos (on /dev/sda1)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-linux--9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf' {
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='hd0,msdos1'
        if  x$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'  9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf
        fi
        linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf rw
        initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    }
    menuentry 'Antergos - Fallback (on /dev/sda1)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-linux--9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf' {
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='hd0,msdos1'
        if  x$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'  9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf
        fi
        linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=9179e4bd-0459-4dbf-8b73-115e9ccf6fdf rw
        initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
    }
}


Found elementary OS Luna (0.2) on /dev/sda2
menuentry 'elementary OS Luna (0.2) (on /dev/sda2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510' {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ext2
    set root='hd0,msdos2'
    if  x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 --hint='hd0,msdos2'  416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510
    fi
    linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic root=UUID=416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
    initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-51-generic
}
submenu 'Advanced options for elementary OS Luna (0.2) (on /dev/sda2)' $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510' {
    menuentry 'elementary OS, with Linux 3.2.0-51-generic (on /dev/sda2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic--416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510' {
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='hd0,msdos2'
        if  x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 --hint='hd0,msdos2'  416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510
        fi
        linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic root=UUID=416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff
        initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-51-generic
    }
    menuentry 'elementary OS, with Linux 3.2.0-51-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda2)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic--416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510' {
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='hd0,msdos2'
        if  x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 --hint='hd0,msdos2'  416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510
        fi
        linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-51-generic root=UUID=416240b0-961a-4353-9d0a-6e8eafc46510 ro recovery nomodeset
        initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-51-generic
    }
}


### 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 ###
#4

Try this, if you are using KDE.

Go to the KDE menu orb,

menu => System =>Terminal => Terminal - Super User Mode.

When asked, enter root pw

Then, do:

grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Next, do:

grub2-install /dev/sda

See if that works.

#5

guess i left out something important, its DE is MATE, so give gnome terms please.
the output from grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Generating grub.cfg ...Found theme: /boot/grub2/themes/openSUSE/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd-3.11.6-4-desktop
  No volume groups found
Found Antergos on /dev/sda1
Found elementary OS Luna (0.2) on /dev/sda2
done

so it does find the OS’es
and the output from grub2-install /dev/sda is

Installation finished. No error reported.

so i will try a reboot, but i takes me a while to get booted from the supergrub disk if GRUB is still broken.

#6

it worked!:slight_smile:
so, why did YaST2 blow up then?

#7

It didn’t.

In some cases – I don’t recall which, at my age memory likes to play tricks – it creates the Grub, but doesn’t write it to the device first time out.

I believe it does so on redoing it, but – as I say – my memory …

At any rate, this was a shortcut to make sure it was performing both steps.

#8

Oh.

… and welcome to the forums!

I hope you enjoy openSUSE as much as I do!:wink:

#9

that actually makes sense.
its not trying to boot from that non-existing mint install anymore and now its reading SUSE’s install.
plus SUSE was a clone over from another drive too.
thanks for the help!

thanks, i got a bad taste in my mouth after an LTS of Debian had no sound caused by a bug that wasn’t caught and with what Ubuntu is doing (unity pulling 1gb memory) and CentOS is no longer supporting chrome, i needed something new and arch is nice and all, but still lacks support in a lot of aspects.

#10

You are welcome. Enjoy.:slight_smile: