--- On Sat, 11/7/09, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: F12 RC possible bug when windows pre installed??? > To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 10:00 AM > Hello,just downloaded boot.iso (170Mb) > from > > http://ftp.tudelft.nl/download.fedora.redhat.com/linux/development/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso > > with timestamp 07-Nov-2009 14:13 171M > > My test system has a partition layout that > comprehends > sda1 ntfs with windows XP and set as bootable by > windows xp itself > inside the winxp fs I also have the copy of > the first 512 bytes of sda4, to boot my F11 partition (with > grub installed previously in root partition) from boot.ini > of windows. > > > > Now I have also sda2 that is > scratchable.I run the cd where I burnt the > boot.iso and select sda2 as target partition and to install > grub on root partition (so sda2) > This grub setup phase completes, but then I get an error > about repositories not aligned with my install treee and I > can only retry (with same failure) or reboot. > > I reboot and I'm not able to start win xp anymore. > > I start the same f12 cd in rescue and notice with fdisk > that now my sda has this > > sda1 no bootable flag > sda2 bootable flag > > so that I remove bootbale flag from sda2 and set bootable > flag for sda1 and my windows XP starts again and also is > able again to start my F11 from sda4 > > > Is this a bug or does it depends on installation not > finished? > Anyway I think we have to consider a possible error and the > bootable flasg should not be removed from sda1..... I have noticed also, that Fedora install disks whether livecd's or RC candidates also seem to get the /boot/grub/grub.conf file wrong. The linux partition gets properly setup, but the windows partition is wrong. ie, the computer has a restore partition and it becomes the default leaving the other partition unbootable. I solved it via changing (hd0,0) to (hd0,1) and modifying the name one to windows and the other to rescue partition. This is a heads up and IMO should be placed in the documentation. It has happened to me at least 3 times and I apologize in advance for not making a bugzilla(time, work, other excuses, etc), found a workaround instead. I trashed two windows installations because of this, but in the end I was happy to run Fedora. I know that it is *impossible* to setup a system in which all the possibilities are known, but there are some machines/many in fact that hace a restore partition and the installation of grub maps to it instead of the "normal" windows(C:\) partition. Thanks for reading this message. Regards, Antonio -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
