https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818314 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818314#c0 Summary: os-prober doesn't recognize Windows 7 installation Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.3 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: markus.kossmann@gmx.de QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:20.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/20.0 If my Windows 7 partition isn't mounted, os-prober doesn't recognize the installation: # os-prober /dev/mapper/system-root--factory:openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64):SUSE:linux # mount -t ntfs /dev/sda1 /mnt # os-prober /dev/sda1:Windows 7 (loader):Windows:chain /dev/mapper/system-root--factory:openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64):SUSE:linux This also means that any update to grub2 , which does an reinstallation of grub2, will remove an existing menu entry for that windows installation. Note: this Windows 7 installation was updated from XP- So there is no seperate windows boot-partition. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.nothing to do, because unmounted Windows partition is the default 2. 3. Actual Results: os-prober doesn't recognize the windows installation: Expected Results: os-prober should recognize the windows installation without having to mount it # rpm -q os-prober os-prober-1.49-7.7.1.x86_64fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk identifier: 0xf1af86e8 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 2048 314574847 157286400 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT /dev/sda2 * 441151488 1465147391 511997952 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 441153536 443250687 1048576 83 Linux /dev/sda6 443252736 445349887 1048576 83 Linux /dev/sda7 445351936 1465147391 509897728 8e Linux LVM Disk /dev/mapper/system-home: 268.4 GB, 268435456000 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 32635 cylinders, total 524288000 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/system-root: 26.8 GB, 26843545600 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3263 cylinders, total 52428800 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/system-swap: 10.7 GB, 10737418240 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1305 cylinders, total 20971520 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disk /dev/mapper/system-root--factory: 26.8 GB, 26843545600 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3263 cylinders, total 52428800 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes -- 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.