Bug#725417: mbr: install-mbr wipes the disk-id portion of the MBR, rendering Windows 7 unbootable

2016-10-21 Thread James Cowgill
Control: tags -1 pending Control: tags 697332 pending Control: tags 792126 pending Control: tags 813671 pending Hi, I have uploaded the attached NMU to DELAYED/5 which fixes this bug, the other 3 bugs reported against mbr, and the associated bugs in Ubuntu. Please tell me if I should cancel it

Bug#725417: mbr: install-mbr wipes the disk-id portion of the MBR, rendering Windows 7 unbootable

2013-12-17 Thread Michael Tokarev
Package: mbr Version: 1.1.11-5 Followup-For: Bug #725417 Control: severity -1 grave After re-installing windows8 for 3 or 4 times because it stops working when I install linux to another partition, I figured out it is the mbr which makes windows being unable to find itself. I'm not sure wich

Bug#725417: mbr: install-mbr wipes the disk-id portion of the MBR, rendering Windows 7 unbootable

2013-12-17 Thread Michael Tokarev
Control: severity -1 grave Another followup. When windows 8.1 PBR can't find itself, it displays this message: An operating system wasn't found. Try disconnecting any drives that don't contain an operating system. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart Maybe this bugreport together with the message

Bug#725417: mbr: install-mbr wipes the disk-id portion of the MBR, rendering Windows 7 unbootable

2013-10-05 Thread g1
Package: mbr Version: 1.1.11-5+b1 Severity: important Tags: upstream For years, I have run install-mbr /dev/sda on every hard disk where I wanted to install Linux to its own partition, in addition to a pre-existing Windows partition. Last time I did, it resulted in an unbootable Windows 7