Bug#269351: marked as done (os-prober: Should add GRUB map command for Windows 98 on /dev/hdb)
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Subject: os-prober: Should add GRUB map command for Windows 98 on /dev/hdb
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Hi,
I used the new Debian installer (around beta4 version) to install Linux
on a computer with a second IDE hard drive with Windows 98 on it.
Debian installer correctly detected the OS on /dev/hdb1, and added an
entry in /boot/grub/menu.lst. However, I can't boot Windows 98 from
grub menu.
Today I finally have time to hunt down this problem: It appears that
DOS/Windows can only boot from the first disk, and the bootloader had to
do some bios magic to satisfy Windows (lilo need a similar command to do
the samething). In my case (two IDE hard drives), two lines using
``map'' command added to /boot/grub/menu.lst before the ``root'' line in
Windows 98 stanza solve the problem, the stanza now looks like:
title Windows 98
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
chainloader +1
Please see grub manual 4.2.6 for details.
I am not sure if this is fixed in RC1, but looking at the BTS I doubt
it. Sorry I don't have time to test again with RC1. Also, this perhaps
should be labeled as severity wishlist, but now this makes an entry in
grub menu unusable. It would be better to not detect Windows 98 on
/dev/hdb at all, than to detect it but generate a broken entry in boot
menu.
Ming
2004.08.31
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From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
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Subject: [cjwatson@debian.org: Fixed in NMU of grub-installer 1.08]
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tag 269351 + fixed
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Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 11:31:43 +0000
Source: grub-installer
Binary: grub-installer
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.08
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Description:
grub-installer - Install GRUB on a hard disk (udeb)
Closes: 269351
Changes:
grub-installer (1.08) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Joey Hess
- Since lvdisplay may exit 0 even if run with a non-lvm device (such as
/dev/discs/disc0/part0, which it knows isn't a lvm device name and
aborts with an error message, but no failure code due to bug #250906),
try to make the isinstallable check for /boot on lvm more robust by
grepping the lvdisplay output for strings that indicate it really found
a lvm volume.
- Note that above fix is only needed for lvm1, not the lvm2 used by
default in d-i.
* Matt Kraai
- Fix the spelling of "file system".
* Colin Watson
- DOS/Windows can't deal with booting from a non-first hard drive, so,
if we're asked to install to hd* other than hd0, include suitable
'map' commands when chain-loading DOS or Windows (closes: #269351).
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