Re: [Bug #1847] can't detect partitions when using "diskwizard"

[Robert Millan]

Excuse me, I just found this is reported already:

http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=529&group_id=68

sorry

On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 07:35:25AM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> =================== BUG #1847: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=1847&group_id=68
> 
> Submitted by: robertmh                  Project: GNU GRUB                     
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> Submitted on: 2002-Dec-01 12:35
> Category:  Disk & Partition         Severity:  Major                      
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> Priority:  None                         Bug Group:  Feature Request           
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> Resolution:  None                       Assigned to:  None                    
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> Status:  Open                           Release:  0.92                        
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> Reproducibility:  Every Time            Planned Release:                      
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> 
> Summary:  can't detect partitions when using "diskwizard"
> 
> Original Submission:  I'm using a program provided by my hard disk vendor 
> called "Disk Wizard". Its installed in the MBR, but it seems that the 
> partition table is hacked also.
> 
> When you boot the computer using the hard disk MBR, it will ask you for a 
> floppy and boot it. A GRUB floppy will identify a hard disk with partitions 
> normally here.
> 
> But, when you boot using a GRUB floppy _directly_, it will be unable to 
> identify the partition:
> 
> grub> root (hd0,1)
> Error 22: No such partition
> 
> However Linux, the kernel, is able to detect the partition when "diskwizard" 
> is _not_ loaded. This is what is outputs when booting:
> 
> [...]
> Partition check:
> hda: [DM6:DD0] [remap +63] [3649/255/63] hda1 hda2
> [...]
> 
> Please contact me (Robert Millan <zeratul2 at wanadoo dot es>) for any more 
> information you need. I can get an image of my MBR if that helps.
> 
> 
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> For detailed info, follow this link:
> http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=1847&group_id=68
> 

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Robert Millan

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