Description of problem At the summary during install of mga3b2, the installer has for some reason decided that the bootloader has been requested to be in the root partition not the MBR. This is wrong - it should assume MBR unless told otherwise at the summary. This is related to (but not a duplicate of) bug #8740. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
cannot reproduce seems to be related to your partition conf
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud
Can confirm the behaviour barjac reports. During all my test with mga3 isos on real hw bootloader was installed in root partition by default instead of MBR.
CC: (none) => alfred.kretschmer
CC: (none) => eeeemail
This also applies to an installation using the Live DVD.
It seems to affect installations where a bootloader already exists in the MBR. Is this being detected now and implemented as an undocumented feature?
yep, initially I created a vm with grub1, then with grub2 on the mbr, and then I grub wanted to install it on sda1 (with the same virtual drive) first install in the debug log : * bootloader::suggest_onmbr: type grub, onmbr 1, unsafe 1 second install: * bootloader::suggest_onmbr: type grub2, onmbr 0, unsafe 1 I don't know if adding grub2 here http://svnweb.mageia.org/soft/drakx/trunk/perl-install/bootloader.pm?view=markup#l556 make it work
Fixed in SVN
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED
Blocks: (none) => 8850
Blocks: 8850 => (none)
*** Bug 8740 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***