Bug 204541 - Install with 2 preexisting Windows partitions, only one setup in grub...
Summary: Install with 2 preexisting Windows partitions, only one setup in grub...
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Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-08-29 20:11 UTC by Tom London
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-09-06 05:34:41 UTC
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Description Tom London 2006-08-29 20:11:11 UTC
Description of problem:
Installing FC5 onto a Compaq PC:

The drive is factory setup with 2 bootable partitions:
    first partition: FAT32 'recovery system'
    second partition: NTFS 'default XP' system.

Installing FC5 after the above 2 partitions produces a grub.conf with only the
first partition as an "Other" boot option.  [Booting systems 'recovers XP', that
it, it rewrites the MBR, etc.]

Shouldn't anaconda/grub produce a grub.conf with both bootable windows partitions?

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How reproducible:
Every time


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Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2006-09-06 05:34:41 UTC
Unfortunately, _most_ Windows partitions appear bootable and so we only do the
first one.  Otherwise, we hit problems where we set up lots of unbootable
partitions.

Comment 2 Tom London 2006-09-06 13:47:16 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Unfortunately, _most_ Windows partitions appear bootable and so we only do the
> first one.  Otherwise, we hit problems where we set up lots of unbootable
> partitions.

Installing Ubuntu on same system setup grub with both Windows partitions, so I
could choose between them.

Hadn't thought about the unbootable partitions.... No problem leaving this CANTFIX.


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