Bug 1322956 – Update Windows detection support

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Bug 1322956 - Update Windows detection support

Summary:	Update Windows detection support

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	os-prober (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.3
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	high Severity unspecified
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	rmarshall
QA Contact:	Jan Ščotka
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Reported:	2016-03-31 14:39 EDT by rmarshall
Modified:	2016-11-04 00:29 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	os-prober-1.58-6
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Cause: Lack of proper data to identify a Windows installation. Consequence: Windows 10 shows up as recovery partition if it could be detected, or failure to detect Windows at all. Fix: Add support for Windows 10 Result: Can now detect Windows 10 and installations where the OS identifying file is a binary mode file instead of a text mode file.
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Last Closed:	2016-11-04 00:29:00 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2016:2351	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	os-prober bug fix update	2016-11-03 09:47:58 EDT

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Description rmarshall 2016-03-31 14:39:20 EDT

Description of problem: Backport updates from upstream already present in Fedora that improve the detection of Windows and add support for the proper detection of Windows 10.


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Comment 7 Martin Banas 2016-08-30 10:09:31 EDT

Reproduced on RHEL-7.2 GA:
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q os-prober
os-prober-1.58-5.el7.x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# grub2-mkconfig 2> /dev/null | grep 'root=/dev'
	linux16 /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro  
		linux16 /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro  
		linux16 /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro single 
		linux16 /vmlinuz-0-rescue-100ed28aa8dde6458785541fb34d4ab7 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro  
		linux16 /vmlinuz-0-rescue-100ed28aa8dde6458785541fb34d4ab7 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro single 
	linux /vmlinuz-0-rescue-100ed28aa8dde6458785541fb34d4ab7 root=/dev/dm-2
		linux /vmlinuz-0-rescue-100ed28aa8dde6458785541fb34d4ab7 root=/dev/dm-2
		linux /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/dm-2

Verified on RHEL-7.3 Snapshot1:
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -q os-prober
os-prober-1.58-8.el7.x86_64
[root@localhost ~]# grub2-mkconfig 2> /dev/null | grep 'root=/dev'
	linux16 /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro  
		linux16 /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro  
		linux16 /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro single 
		linux16 /vmlinuz-0-rescue-100ed28aa8dde6458785541fb34d4ab7 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro  
		linux16 /vmlinuz-0-rescue-100ed28aa8dde6458785541fb34d4ab7 root=/dev/mapper/rhel00-root ro single 
	linux /vmlinuz-0-rescue-100ed28aa8dde6458785541fb34d4ab7 root=/dev/mapper/rhel-root
		linux /vmlinuz-0-rescue-100ed28aa8dde6458785541fb34d4ab7 root=/dev/mapper/rhel-root
		linux /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/rhel-root

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 00:29:00 EDT

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2351.html

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