Bugzilla – Bug 439212
GRUB does not boot Windows Vista
Last modified: 2008-10-29 08:00:48 UTC
I have a Dell Laptop with 2 internal hard drives. I have the next partitions: HD 1: /dev/sda1 --> Dell Utility /dev/sda2 --> RECOVERY /dev/sda3 --> Windows Vista HD 2: /dev/sdb5 --> NTFS partition /dev/sdb5 --> Linux Swap /dev/sdb6 --> Open Suse 11.0 When I install Open Suse, the menu.lst created is wrong, in the "rootnoverify" parameter in the "windows 2" option should be "(hd0,2)" and not "(hd1,5)". All the "rootnoverify" are incorrect. The Yast also overrides this parameter incorrectly. This is the incorrect menu.lst generated by Open Suse 11.0: ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1 root (hd1,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-pae root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST9160821AS_5MA81X98-part6 resume=/dev/sdb5 splash=silent showoptsvga=0x314 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-pae ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.5-1.1 root (hd1,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.5-1.1-pae root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST9160821AS_5MA81X98-part6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off x11failsafe vga=0x314 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.5-1.1-pae ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1### title windows 1 rootnoverify (hd1,5) chainloader (hd0,1)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2### title windows 2 rootnoverify (hd1,5) chainloader (hd0,2)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 3### title windows 3 rootnoverify (hd1,5) chainloader (hd1,0)+1:
So, Windows Vista cannot be loaded.
yes, it is now fixed in 11.1 test release, if you can reproduce it on current beta, please reopen. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 394319 ***