[Test-Announce] Fedora 15 Final Release Candidate 2 (RC2) - GRUB problem

[James Laska]

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On Fri, 2011-05-13 at 22:34 +0800, Frederic Muller wrote:
> On 05/13/2011 09:57 PM, Frederic Muller wrote: 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > I'm running in a small problem which has been consistent in all DVD
> > images I've installed since Alpha (I thought I was the culprit).
> > 
> > Here is what I do:
> > 1. Download DVD iso image
> > 2. Use livecd-iso-to-disk to copy to USB
> > 3. Boot from USB to install on laptop
> > 4. Select all default option except disk partitioning:
> >  - custom
> >  - I create 3 partitions: / & /home ext4 and swap
> > 5. Install prompts from GRUB install which is /dev/sdb1 (USB) by
> > default
> > 6. I change it to /dev/sda1 (which is the other options)
> > 7. Validate and complete install "successfully"
> > 
> > => Laptop doesn't boot (no error message)
> > 
> > In fact grub is installed on /dev/sdb1 no matter what I select
> > apparently and I then go to system restore to install grub
> > on /dev/sda1
> > 
> > So is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Fred
> Replying to myself. After reinstalling GRUB using chroot and
> grub-install /dev/sda1
> 
> I get an error 15 which is supposed to be a grub-legacy error.. though
> the HDD is brand new (was just delivered today).
> 
> What could be the problem (forgot what I did last time I faced the
> problem).

Please file a bug against anaconda, and be sure to attach the
anaconda.log from your installation.  Given the nature of your
installation, I recommend you also attach program.log, storage.log and
syslog.  These files are available while the installer is running
in /tmp/.  After installation, they are available on the installed
system in /var/log/anaconda/

Additional guidance available on that wiki at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_installation_problems#Log_Files

Thanks,
James
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