[Bug 338495] New: Windows Vista "/boot" directory crashes instalation
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338495 Summary: Windows Vista "/boot" directory crashes instalation Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Major Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: guillermo.marraco@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: Customer Windows vista installation CD created a /boot directory (folder) on first partition. After that, it was impossible to install CentOS 5 64 bit, OpenSuse 10.3 64 bit (also grub based), CentOS Live CD, or Puppy Linux LiveCD. All of then hanged meanwhile booting, or installing. Also Grub installation failed utilising Supergrub. I was choosing a LVM filesystem on Sata hard disk. /dev/sda1 ntfs Xp installed /dev/sda2 ntfs other_XP installed /dev/sda3 ntfs /dev/sda4 ntfs /dev/sda8 ext3 "/boot" labeled /dev/sda9 lvm /dev/sda7 unformatted 10 mb partition at end of disk The problem was solved after deleting the Vista "/boot" folder. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338495#c1 Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |guillermo.marraco@gmail.com --- Comment #1 from Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> 2007-11-02 12:18:32 MST --- Please attach y2logs from failed installation. If you are in doubt follow: http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/YaST Thanks! -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338495#c2 Guillermo Marraco <guillermo.marraco@gmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |guillermo.marraco@gmail.com --- Comment #2 from Guillermo Marraco <guillermo.marraco@gmail.com> 2007-11-05 06:22:32 MST --- I already have deleted all linux partitions, deleted the Windows Vista /boot folder (on sda1), and then, installed CentOS 5. Is sad that I have not those log files. I ever had no idea than is possible to save log files on crashed computers. It would had being useful to have an option (previous to install) to save logs files on a pen drive. I remember that Open Suse 10.3 installer hangued at something like: "Save configuration" (58%), with two last keyboard leds blinking. I also run the "firmware test", from Open Suse 10.3 installation CD, and after it hangued, them I pressed ctrl + alt + F3, going to a terminal (it did not acceptted keyboard ). It ended with: "starting setctsid 'showconsole' /run_biostest install program exitcode is 1" Since I have run the "firmware test" (or something named like that), I supposed than a hardware failure was on going, but afer deleting the windows vista "/boot" folder on first partition, anything run fine. I have informed many distributions bugzilla sites, and CentOS people have added this info on how to manage this bug: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/release-notes/RE... (CentOS is a Red Hat Enterpsise based distro) -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338495#c3 Szabolcs Szakacsits <szaka@sienet.hu> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |szaka@sienet.hu Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|guillermo.marraco@gmail.com | --- Comment #3 from Szabolcs Szakacsits <szaka@sienet.hu> 2007-11-19 07:30:12 MST --- There are two issues here: 1. I don't think /boot has anything to do with the install hang. If the NTFS partition is surely inconsistent then its mount is denied which causes the install to abort. There are bugzilla entries about this. 2. About the Red Hat Release Note on the Vista boot problems. The recovery instructions are more or less ok but the reason for the problem is not that Vista aligns to somewhere else than earlier because Windows could always use any sector, however the Linux partitioners (most notably the Parted based ones SUSE/Novell/RedHat/etc use) keep corrupting partition entries in the partition table. They change the real start sector from the correct value to whatever they think the value should be based on obsolete, totally bogus assumptions. And because the vital boot information is at the start of the partition (NTFS bootsector, pointer to the NTFS superblock, vital NTFS parameters, etc) thus it's obvious that none of the Windows can boot anymore. This problem is well known for over five years and keep trashing users' installations being it Windows or whatever else. -- 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.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=338495#c4 Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #4 from Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@novell.com> 2007-12-03 11:04:17 MST --- As far as there are no logs I'm closing this as wontfix. Feel free to reopen if you can provide them. -- 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.
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