#820 Issue closed: Warning message "the system won't boot" at the end of restore is not correct

Labels: enhancement, bug, fixed / solved / done

arielrolfo opened issue at 2016-04-12 12:55:

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  • rear version (/usr/sbin/rear -V):

Relax-and-Recover 1.18 / Git

  • OS version (cat /etc/rear/os.conf or lsb_release -a):

LSB Version: core-2.0-noarch:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-noarch:core-2.0-ppc64:core-3.2-ppc64:core-4.0-ppc64:desktop-4.0-noarch:desktop-4.0-ppc32:desktop-4.0-ppc64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-2.0-ppc32:graphics-2.0-ppc64:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-3.2-ppc32:graphics-3.2-ppc64:graphics-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-ppc32:graphics-4.0-ppc64
Distributor ID: SUSE LINUX
Description: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (ppc64)
Release: 11
Codename: n/a

  • rear configuration files (cat /etc/rear/site.conf or cat /etc/rear/local.conf):

OUTPUT=ISO
BACKUP=NETFS
BACKUP_URL=nfs://nimp8/export/images
BACKUP_OPTIONS="nfsvers=3,nolock"
NETFS_KEEP_OLD_BACKUP_COPY=yes
BACKUP_PROG_INCLUDE=( '/' )
EXCLUDE_VG=('backupvg' 'datavg' 'hanalogvg' 'sharedvg')
BACKUP_PROG_EXCLUDE=( '/tmp/' '/dev/shm/' '/var/lib/rear/output/' '/media/' '/hana/' )
BOOT_FROM_SAN=y
AUTOEXCLUDE_MULTIPATH=n

  • Brief description of the issue.
    After recovering my system I've got the message in the attached file but even though I was able to reboot it, I saw that the warning msg is showed if /etc/yaboot.conf file is not present but that is not a valid criteria to assume that there is no bootloader.
    no-bootloader-warning
  • Work-around, if any

gdha commented at 2016-04-14 14:45:

@jsmeix Could you take this issue with you as you already have a similar case (issue #817)

jsmeix commented at 2016-04-15 08:46:

I cannot do much here myself because I have basically
zero personal knowledge about the PPC architecture
(cf. https://github.com/rear/rear/issues/817#issuecomment-208204721)
which means I cannot fix the yaboot related code myself
but I will take this issue at least as a "caretaker".

gdha commented at 2016-09-05 06:45:

Due to time pressure (for new release) and lack of interest of the community we push this feature forward.

schabrolles commented at 2016-11-07 12:16:

I had the same problem with a SLES11sp4 installed with LVM layout for the system.
If it is the case here (/boot included in / in a LVM volumegroup), I propose a patch here: #1061

gdha commented at 2018-11-04 10:50:

@schabrolles Do you think this issue can be closed?

schabrolles commented at 2018-11-05 08:50:

@gdha, Yes, It can be closed.

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