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Bug#352338: marked as done (installation-report: Append Debian boot sector to Windows boot.ini)

Your message dated Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:59:22 +0100
with message-id <20060211125922.GZ22813@djedefre.onera>
and subject line Bug#352338: installation-report: Append Debian boot sector to Windows boot.ini
has caused the attached Bug report to be marked as done.

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If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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Package: installation-reports
Version: 2.12
Severity: wishlist



-- Package-specific info:

Boot method: CD
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
(download 2006-02-11 around 11:00 Europe/Helsinki)
Date: 2006-02-11 around 11:00 Europe/Helsinki

Machine: DIY PC with ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Gold motherboard, AMD Sempron 2800+
(SDA) processor, 1.5 GB RAM, Samsung 120 GB SATA disk, Samsung SyncMaster
940B flat display, LG DVD RAM, LG DVD ROM, Sound Blaster Liv 5.1 Digital
sound card
Partitions:
Tied.järj.  Tyyppi   1K-lohkot  Käytetty   Vapaana Käy% Liitospiste
/dev/sda2     ext3    14421376   2030500  11658312  15% /
/dev/sda5     ext3    48403172    136708  45807720   1% /home
tmpfs        tmpfs      453376         0    453376   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs        tmpfs      453376       132    453244   1% /dev


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [0]
Detect network card:    [0]
Configure network:      [0]
Detect CD:              [0]
Load installer modules: [0]
Detect hard drives:     [0]
Partition hard drives:  [0]
Create file systems:    [0]
Mount partitions:       [0]
Install base system:    [0]
Install boot loader:    [0]
Installed system ok:    [0]

Comments:

It would be even easier to co-install with Windows
if the installer would have option to automatically keep
the Windows MBR and perform the following process:
1. install grub (or whatever boot manager) in root partition
2. mount the windows partition to, say, /mnt
3. copy the boot sector with dd if=/dev/xxx of=/mnt/xxx-bootsect.bin
4. append to /mnt/boot.ini a line C:\xxx-bootsect.bin="Debian Etch (testing)" 
5. unmount /mnt

At least te installer I used had ntfs modules on board
and I always have to remember to do the above manually
before rebooting after installation, because I want to keep
the Windows MBR. Before I even had to go via rescue
do do such things which could be made automatic
with little trouble (maybe little trouble, I am not aware
of the internals of the installer)

Juhani Saastamoinen
FL, laillistettu teknomatemaatikko
juhani_saastamoinen@hotmail.com

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> It would be even easier to co-install with Windows
> if the installer would have option to automatically keep
> the Windows MBR and perform the following process:
> 1. install grub (or whatever boot manager) in root partition

For this, please choose an expert install and choose not to install
any bootloader.

Then tweak your boot loader options.

> 2. mount the windows partition to, say, /mnt
> 3. copy the boot sector with dd if=/dev/xxx of=/mnt/xxx-bootsect.bin
> 4. append to /mnt/boot.ini a line C:\xxx-bootsect.bin="Debian Etch 
> (testing)"
> 5. unmount /mnt


Nope. The installer will never ever mess with another operating system
install/files.

Such settings have to be made manually by the local administrator.

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