Bug 640943 – Fedora 13 could not detect existing OS (Linux)

Bug 640943 - Fedora 13 could not detect existing OS (Linux)

Summary:	Fedora 13 could not detect existing OS (Linux)

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 580176

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	anaconda (Show other bugs)
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Version:	13
Hardware:	x86_64 Linux

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Assigned To:	Brian Lane
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Reported:	2010-10-07 05:59 EDT by Michael Adeyeye
Modified:	2011-03-02 19:20 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2011-03-02 19:20:36 EST
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Description Michael Adeyeye 2010-10-07 05:59:11 EDT

Description of problem:
I wanted to dual-boot; so, i tried to install Fedora 13 on my PC. I chose the shrink option during the installation, having had Ubuntu 10.10 use the entire disk. Anaconda shrank the drive but could not detect the existing Ubuntu OS. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora 13

How reproducible:
Try an install Fedora 13 on a PC already running Ubuntu and has no free partition. Choose the shrink option during the installation

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get a PC running Ubuntu and has no free partition/space
2. Choose the shrink option when installing Fedora
3. Restart the machine after installation
  
Actual results:
You would not be able to load Ubuntu again. The bootloader do not give option to choose either Fedora or Ubuntu. The PC would only load Fedora 13.


Expected results:
The bootloader (grub/2) should list the two OSs to choose one from.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jan Wildeboer 2010-10-07 06:26:54 EDT

Some more details:

Partitions:

/dev/sda1 - Ubuntu install (partition set to bootable)
/dev/sda2 - Fedora /boot (500MB)
/dev/sda3 - Fedora PV containing LVs for /home and /

grub was somehow created without a grub.conf file, which I recreated with grub and some magic.

It correctly discovered the fedora install but did not inform of the bpoot flag on sda1 and seemingly completely ignored it.

Comment 2 Brian Lane 2010-10-07 12:56:22 EDT

Could you attach:
  * install logs from /var/log/anaconda*
  * /etc/grub.conf

What version of Ubuntu?

Comment 3 Brian Lane 2011-03-02 19:20:36 EST


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 580176 ***

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