Bug 71565

Summary:	`DOS' renamed / replaced by `Windows' quite some time ago
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Mike MacCana <mikemaccana>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Jeremy Katz <katzj>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	9	CC:	barryn, wtogami
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Description Mike MacCana 2002-08-15 09:01:08 UTC

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Description of problem:
Lilo (and lilely grub) detects existing Operating Systems installed on fat32
partitions and adds the label `DOS'. The `DOS' Operating System was apparently
renamed `Windows' some time ago. Really, its true! :)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install Red Hat on a machine with another Oeprating System that lives on a
vfat partition
2.Look at the label lilo gives that OS

	

Actual Results:  It says `DOS'. You're using Windows. Which these days is a
different Operating System from DOS. 

Expected Results:  It should say `Windows'. 

Additional info:

Apparently this `Windows' is an Operating System like Red Hat Linux is! It's
like `DOS', but newer, and made by a company called `Microsoft'. I know it
sounds fanciful, but apparently people that use this `Windows' find the label
`DOS' kinda amusing in 2002. :)
I may have reported this bug before, but I can't find it in Bugzilla and its
still there. Sorry if this is a duplicate.

Comment 1 Barry K. Nathan 2002-08-16 07:37:51 UTC

Also, most DOS installations which are capable of reading/writing FAT32
partitions identify themselves as some form of "Windows" in response to the VER
command.

Comment 2 Taco Witte 2002-08-16 18:30:38 UTC

For the note: Grub has indeed the same problem.

Comment 3 Barry K. Nathan 2002-08-17 06:55:51 UTC

Oh, I just noticed that the component listed in this bug is LILO... I might be
incorrect, but wouldn't anaconda be more appropriate? As far as I can tell, it's
anaconda that's deciding to add the "DOS" label.

Comment 4 Warren Togami 2002-08-17 08:50:17 UTC

Please change component to Anaconda.

Comment 5 Mike MacCana 2002-08-17 09:05:59 UTC

Changed accordingly.

Comment 6 Warren Togami 2002-08-18 08:35:02 UTC

Can this be changed to say something among the following labels, perhaps with
some intelligent detection:

Windows/DOS
Windows (FAT32)
Windows/DOS (FAT16)
Windows (NTFS)

Comment 7 Jeremy Katz 2002-08-18 17:17:27 UTC

Can't find the older bug to dupe this against, but the short speech is that
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft and therefore we can't do it.

Comment 8 Mike MacCana 2002-08-19 09:56:33 UTC

Fair enough, but here's two options that avoid this problem and fix the bug:   
 
* `Win32' doesn't seem to be a trademark and is an accurate description of the  
OS.    
 
* With a modern 640 x 480 Lilo boot message, Red Hat could easily fit an  
unobtrusive `All trademarks are the property of their respective owners' in a  
small all-cap font.

Comment 9 Warren Togami 2002-08-19 11:51:03 UTC

I'm in agreement regarding "Win32".  Any possibilty here?  Just anything but
"DOS".  It is misleading these days and possibly confusing to new users.

Comment 10 Jeremy Katz 2002-08-22 03:41:46 UTC

Sorry, not changing this this late... it has too many effects on documentation
and the like

Comment 11 Jeremy Katz 2003-09-25 21:55:09 UTC

Done