Description of problem: I installed F17 including all updates. After installing the packages during the setup, I got the message, that the boot loader generated an problem and the system probably won't boot, and it doesn't. I booted the rescue system and run "grub2-install /dev/sda" what also fails. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): grub2-2.0.0.24.beta4.fc17.i686 How reproducible: Always when trying to boot. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install F17 with updates 2. Already first boot (during setup) fails. Actual results: GRUB loading. Welcome to GRUB! error: file not found. Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> anaconda.program.log: 21:46:33,293 INFO program: Running... /sbin/rsyslogd -c 4 -f /tmp/rsyslog_backend.conf -i /var/run/rsyslog_backend.pid 22:03:37,700 INFO program: Running... /usr/sbin/lokkit --selinux=enforcing 22:03:37,803 INFO program: Running... /usr/sbin/authconfig --update --nostart --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512 22:03:37,928 INFO program: Running... /usr/sbin/lokkit --quiet --nostart -f --service=ssh 22:03:38,066 INFO program: Running... grub2-set-default Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.3.4-3.fc17.i686.PAE 22:03:38,110 INFO program: Running... grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg 22:03:38,218 ERR program: Generating grub.cfg ... 22:03:38,398 ERR program: Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.4-3.fc17.i686.PAE 22:03:38,412 ERR program: Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.3.4-3.fc17.i686.PAE.img 22:03:38,551 ERR program: Warning: Please don't use old title `Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.3.4-3.fc17.i686.PAE' for GRUB_DEFAULT, use `Advanced options for Fedora Linux>Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.3.4-3.fc17.i686.PAE' (for versions before 2.00) or `gnulinux-advanced-970ce9f7-e4c8-4d33-82d0-5ecb5e0c96e0>gnulinux-3.3.4-3.fc17.i686.PAE-advanced-970ce9f7-e4c8-4d33-82d0-5ecb5e0c96e0' (for 2.00 or later) 22:03:42,652 ERR program: Found Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition on /dev/sda1 22:03:42,776 ERR program: Found Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda2 22:03:42,894 ERR program: Found Fedora release 16 (Verne) on /dev/sdb6 22:03:43,473 ERR program: Found Fedora release 16 (Verne) on /dev/sdc6 22:03:44,069 ERR program: done 22:03:44,115 INFO program: Running... grub2-install --no-floppy /dev/sda 22:03:44,154 INFO program: source_dir doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory Expected results: System should boot Additional info: I only have one / partition (sda6) with ext4 for F17. I don't use a /boot partition.
See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818378#c9 for a workaround. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 818378 ***