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bug #40625: 'error: sparse file not found' and doesn't allow to choose system

Submitter:  L'ev <leokrupski>
Submitted:  Mon 18 Nov 2013 08:19:41 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Booting Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Software Error
Status:  Duplicate Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name:  krupski
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  other
Release:  Reproducibility:  Intermittent
Planned Release:  None

Wed 20 Nov 2013 10:06:02 PM UTC, comment #2: 

I don't see any other errors. It just proceeds to launching Linux at once. If you want me to upload some file or run some command, I can do it, but I don't know what command or what file.



L'ev <leokrupski>
Wed 20 Nov 2013 09:10:58 AM UTC, comment #1: 

sparse file not supported appears because environment block can't be saved on btrfs. However this error is not fatal. What other errors did you see?

Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder>
Group administrator
Mon 18 Nov 2013 08:19:41 PM UTC, original submission:  

It is the release grub2-2.00-86.14.x86_64.rpm.

I have OpenSuse with BtrFS and Windows 7. It happened to me three times that GRUB2 didn't show boot menu, but instead said:
'error: sparse file not found' and started SuSe.

It is serious error, because it doesn't allow to launch Windows. Fortunately, OpenSuse can fix it every time it happens.

L'ev <leokrupski>

 

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