Hello,
we are evaluating SLES11SP3 and face the following issue:
We are trying a fresh installation. The first step works perfectly, RAID controller and logical disk successfully recognized.
After first reboot, the machine cannot boot, just states nothing when trying to boot from harddisk and stops.
Problem narrowed down:
We have a disk bigger than 2 TB, so found the section in the SP3 release notes stating:
“Booting from Harddisks larger than 2 TiB in Non-UEFI Mode (with GPT) fails.”
There are three possible options that should solve the issue, we tried option 2:
“Use a separate /boot partition. This partition must be one of the first 3 partitions and end below the 2 TiB limit”.
We did so, but unfortunately this does not help.
Strange:
With a SLES11SP2 fresh installation, everything works fine, with the same hardware and the same settings.
If you boot with a CD and then print the fdisk output for the real hard
drive, what does it show? Something like ‘fdisk -l /dev/sda’ should do
it, I would think.
Also, do you even see the Grub screen? What, exactly, do you see on
bootup after the initial BIOS screen finishes doing its RAM and other
hardware checks?
And, no, i do not see the boot loader (GRUB) loading:
When trying to boot from harddisk after POST, just nothing happens.
When starting from linux CD and choosing “boot installed system”, then it is saying “booting from harddisk” and stays there forever.
Think there is a buggy code in the SP3 which writes the boot loader not correctly - because SP2 does correctly.
Hello
I am facing exactly the same issue which insyen has mentioned here… Even after struggling a lot i found nothing helpful.
I tried to Use Repair Tool option - “Install New Boot Loader” and then tried to load boot loader using option - “Boot Installed system”. It is displaying message “No Linux Root Partition Found” even though i have explicitly created root partition.
My Hard disk size is 1TB and i am also doing the fresh installation, everything gone proper but after installation it is not starting or either displaying Booth menu.
But after first reboot when i rechecked my partition details then it shows columns as above except “Mount Point”… Mount point field is disabled… What exactly is happening?
I think thats why it is not able to find root partition for loading.
Awaiting your positive feedback.
@insyen: Are you getting the same thing which your installation?
Also please suggest me the partition which i have created in proper or not.