Bug 18868 - Upgrading from Mageia 5 to Mageia 6 sta1 fails
Summary: Upgrading from Mageia 5 to Mageia 6 sta1 fails
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: Mageia 6
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2016-07-05 19:13 CEST by Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin
Modified: 2016-07-06 02:56 CEST (History)
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Description Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2016-07-05 19:13:00 CEST 
I wanted to upgrade Mageia 5 to 6 sta1 (real 64-bit hardware). So I burnt Mageia-6-sta1-x86_64-DVD.iso on a DVD and rebooted, but the installer fails with:

"Une erreur est survenue.
 Vous devez spécifier une partition de démarrage BIOS."

Basically: I need to specify a BIOS partition. When I click the "OK" button, the same error message is displayed again. I didn't try a clean install, because I don't want to loose my data.
Comment 1 Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2016-07-06 01:00:08 CEST 
Trying to install Mageia 6 sta1 on a separate HDD didn't help. When trying to install the boot loader, it fails with:

"Une erreur est survenue.
 grub2-install failed: installation pour la plate-forme i386-pc
 grub2-install: attention: cette étiquette de partition GPT ne contient pas de partition d'amorçage BIOS; l'embarquage ne sera pas possible.
 grub2-install: erreur: l'embarquage est impossible, il est pourtant nécessaire pour les installations interdisques.
  ... propagated."

Don't ask me to translate it, because I have no idea what "embarquage" and "étiquette" mean in this context.

Note that I selected "auto-partition" on the 2nd disk. Windows 10 and Mageia 5 are installed on the 1st disk.
Comment 2 Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2016-07-06 02:56:28 CEST 
Forget comment 1. The error was that my machine booted using the DVD in legacy (BIOS) mode. Rebooting in UEFI mode works, and I can now install Mageia 6 sta1 on the 2nd disk. Unfortunately, Mageia 6 is unable to start after reboot due to partition corruptions. But that's another bug.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => INVALID
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