Bug#693674: Wheezy DI-b3 amd64 GRUB overlooks Win7
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/wheezy_di_beta3/amd64/iso-cd/debian-wheezy-DI-b3-amd64-netinst.iso
Date: November 19, 2012, 01:00 UTC
Machine: Dell Optiplex 770
Processor: dual Core3 intel
Memory:
Partitions:
SCSI3 (0,0,0) (sda) - 250.1 GB ATA WDC WD2500AAKX-0
#1 Primary 125.1 GB B ntfs
#2 Primary 5.0 GB ext4
#3 Primary 100.0 GB ext4
#4 Primary 20.0 GB swap
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems: This machine started with Win7 installation occupying
the entire disk. I resized the windows partition to 1/2 of the disk,
and installed wheezy into the new partitions [ /boot and / plus swap ],
which I created using manual partitioning in the installer.
When we got to the install GRUB phase, I see this message:
"[!] Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk
It seems that this new installation is the only operating system on this
computer. If so, it should be safe to install the GRUB boot loader to
the master boot record of your first hard drive."
This is not what I want -- I want to set this up as dual-boot, win7/wheezy.
I said no to installing GRUB, and finished the install with no boot loader
changes. This should be a simple case for the installer to get right.
The manual for beta D-I doesn't steer me to any way to solve this, other
than to see the GRUB manual. So now I'm trying to become enough of a GRUB
expert to be able to create a manual boot loader configuration that will
maybe result in a working dual boot.
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