Re: Grub2 and LSI MageRaid (drive not found)

[Andrey Borzenkov]

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Günther J. <address@hidden> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 21. Mai 2013, 14:23:38 schrieb Andrey Borzenkov:
>> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Günther J. <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > A question have any also Problems with this Constellation ?
>> >
>> > My Problem is, I have a Dualboot with Win7 and oS 12.3 (UEFI), the
>> > os-prober found the Win7 installation.
>> >
>> > But in the most Time, when I like to Start Win7 from Grub2, I have a Error
>> > Message, drive not found.
>>
>> What do you mean "in the most time"? Sometimes it works, sometimes not?
>
> Yes,
>
> in the most time it works not ;) I have test it a whole afternoon (20-30
> restarts ) it works, In the evening I test it again but it works not and is
> not longer working.
>
> Next day I test It again it works 5 or 10 times afterward it works not.
>
> The config from the os-prober.
>
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> menuentry 'Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os
> $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-efi-CEA4-BE10' {
>         insmod part_gpt
>         insmod fat
>         set root='hd0,gpt1'
>         if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
>           search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt1 --hint-
> efi=hd0,gpt1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt1  CEA4-BE10
>         else
>           search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root CEA4-BE10
>         fi
>         chainloader /efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
> }
> ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
>
> After Starting oS os-prober always found Windows ?
>
> Linux EFI is installed on the second Disc (/dev/sdb1)
>

I would try to install all updates to openSUSE 12.3 just to be sure.
Otherwise it sounds more like hardware/firmware issue. What is exact
error message? Is it from grub2 or from Windows? Could you make a
photo of it?

>> > The only possible way is to start Win7 is from the Bios. But this is not
>> > so
>> > good. On a ASUS P8C WS with a LSI 9271-8i it is nearly not possible to
>> > Enter the Bios :(.
>> >
>> > --
>> > mit freundlichen Grüßen / best Regards,
>> >
>> >  Günther J. Niederwimmer
>> >
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>
>  Günther J. Niederwimmer
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