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Bug#683770: marked as done (installation-reports: when installing GRUB, says it can't find another operating system)

Your message dated Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:24:06 +0200
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has caused the Debian Bug report #683770,
regarding installation-reports: when installing GRUB, says it can't find another operating system
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Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i

Dear Maintainer,

When I got to the GRUB installation stage of my install, I got the
message:  "It seems that this new installation is the only operating
system on this computer".  But this is incorrect: Windows 7 is occupying
two primary NTFS partitions, /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2.  sda1 is the
SYSTEM_DRV volume, and sda2 is Windows.

Not sure why from reading syslog.  If I mount /dev/sda2 on /mnt and run
"/usr/lib/os-probse/mounted/20microsoft /dev/sd2 /mnt ntfs", it prints:

    /dev/sda2:Windows Vista (loader):Windows1:chain

I went ahead and install GRUB an the MBR, and found that /dev/sda1 and
/dev/sda2 were both added to the GRUB menu as bootable Windows
partitions (and booting them works).  (Probably only /dev/sda1 should
have been added because including both is redundant, but that's a
detail.)

I am reporting the bug from a different computer, but I don't think the
hardware matters.

Andrew

Boot method: network
Image version: Wheezy Alpha1 (http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-amd64/current/images/ as of 2012-08-02)

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Hi,

thank you for submitting installation reports, much appreciated.

I read through all the bugs mentioned here (and I'm sure they were read by 
several people at the time they were submitted) and am closing them now as/if
- they (finally) indicated success and/or
- I know from first hand experience that the functionality is working in 
Wheezy and/or
- they only contained very little information and/or
- they contained user errors and/or
- they were caused by broken hardware and/or
- they have been from a development phase where things were not stable and/or
- they are quite old (and thus likely fixed today) and/or
- moreinfo was asked and not given or
- they are wishlist but rather special + exotic and not have been acted on for 
years. (See http://blog.liw.fi/posts/wishlist-bugs/ why it's often useful to 
close wishlist bugs.)

If I've closed a bug incorrectly please do reply (it's easy to reopen and I'll 
do if requested) or just file a new one - thats often better, as the bug log 
will be clearer and shorter and not contain cruft.


cheers,
        Holger

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