Michelle, Also add note that from build 70 onwards this should not be an issue. Fix just got integrated into Solaris Nevada. http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6510526
~ Pradhap.D michelle olson wrote: > agreed, I copied same content to a text file today when I saw it! > > -Michelle > > Blake wrote: > >> This might make a good HOWTO (I'm moving in the next few weeks, so I >> personally can't tackle it for about a month). >> >> Blake >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: * Tao* <taof at cs.okstate.edu <mailto:taof at cs.okstate.edu>> >> Date: Jul 13, 2007 11:52 AM >> Subject: [osol-help] Problem solved >> To: opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org >> <mailto:opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org> >> >> I got my vista back last night. Thank you all for your great help! no >> matter directly and indirectly. I really appreciate it. >> >> Here is what happened when I dual booted my system with solaris >> developer express edition on vista: two partitions on the same disk, >> one has vista, one has solaris, BIOS boot to MBR, MBR found GRUB from >> its table, then GRUB found solaris OS from the solaris partition, but >> CAN NOT recognize vista. This resulted vista can not be reached >> anymore even though its partition is intact. Somebody said that GRUB >> from Linux can still recognize vista, but not solaris, definitely >> Solaris shoud fix this bug. >> >> Here is how to fix it: bypassing GRUB. I noticed that there are lot of >> cases like mine happened on dual booting, so I listed the steps as >> follow, hoping that this can be some kind of help. >> >> 1. changed boot order to boot from CD/DVD. >> 2. use vista anytime upgrade DVD to boot my system. >> 3. entered into the vista recover environment (RE), selected the >> language and wanted repare the system option. >> 4. I didn't see any operating system listed in the window. so, just >> click next. >> 5. tried to use the first choise to fix the windows boot problem >> automatically, but after a few second, it reported that it failed. >> 6. select the commond line opention and started DOS, I can see my c >> disk and all the files are still there. >> 7. TYPE diskpart, then select the partition where my vista is on, and >> type active ( it was not active) . This is very important, becasue by >> doing this, the MBR table changed its active partition entry from the >> solaris partition to vista partition, then when BIOS boot to MBR, MBR >> directly point to vista partition. Thus GRUB will not be touched at >> this point. >> 7. then type bootrec /fixboot, bootrec fixMBR it reported that the >> problem is fixed. >> 8. reboot my system, and enter the vista recovery environment, and >> this time the vista shown up in the list. select that and click next, >> vista automatically detected there is a booting problem and asked me >> do I want to proceed to let vista fix the problem, say yes and then >> vista reported that problem is fixed, reboot my system, and vista came >> back. >> >> >> This message posted from opensolaris.org <http://opensolaris.org> >> _______________________________________________ >> opensolaris-help mailing list >> opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org <mailto:opensolaris-help at >> opensolaris.org> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> docs-discuss mailing list >> docs-discuss at opensolaris.org >> > _______________________________________________ > docs-discuss mailing list > docs-discuss at opensolaris.org >
