https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743964 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743964#c0 Summary: Installer does not create MS DOS 7.1 compatible FAT-32 or extended partitions Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Final Platform: x86-64 OS/Version: openSUSE 12.1 Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: roland@logikalsolutions.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1 I built a new machine this past week and needed to have a DOS boot as well as OpenSuSE for some future DOS work I was going to do. After investigating all of the GNU licensed DOS out there, I ended up going with MS DOS 7.1, especially since all of the other DOS are using pieces of it. I have habitually kept a DRIVE_D FAT partition since OS/2 first came out since it enabled quick data transfers. I was shocked to find that neither the FAT-32 nor the extended partition had the correct attributes for MS-DOS. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install MS-DOS 7.1 as bootable primary partition 2. Install OpenSuSE and create a FAT-32 partition in extended partition OpenSuSE creates 3. Add MS-DOS manually to Grub and boot DOS Actual Results: When running FDISK in DOS, you will see the extended partition has a type "69". While that may be divine, it is completely incompatible with DOS and renders all logical drives contained within invisible. Expected Results: The extended partition ID should play nice with all previous operating systems since extended partitions were around LOOOOOONG before Linux. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.