Bug#258880: Bug Report
>From a d-i install report...
tags 258880 d-i
clone 258880 -1
reassign 258880 partman
retitle 258880 Seems to corrupt the partition table and partition entries of existing Windows partitions
severity 258880 grave
tags 258880 moreinfo
reassign -1 os-prober
retitle -1 Should detect HP Recovery Partitions and tag them accordingly
severity -1 wishlist
thanks
> Comments/Problems:
> The setup program detected two instances of Windows XP/200 already
> installed and added them to Grub's boot menu. Booting the first one
> resulted in HP's Recovery Program. The second one was the actual Windows
> Partition, but it did not boot. It turns out that the partitioning program
> screwed up the first partition, (FDISK ERROR: Partition 1 does not end on
> cylinder boundary).
> I could no longer boot into the Second Partition (windows)
1) the partition being screwed : we certainly need more details about
the partitioning scheme. Please provide them to
258880@bugs.debian.org. We have lots of reports for successful
installs of dual boot systems so there is probably a tiny special
thing in your partition scheme somewhere
Assigning this to partman as I don't really know which partman-*
package is responsible for writing the partition table
2) I also assign a wishlist bug to os-prober (the part responsible for
detecting other operating systems) so that it can properly detect the
special HP Recovery Partition and add a correct entry in the boot
loader menus. Bdale, can you help on this or redirect us to someone
who could (this is of course low priority...)
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