Bug 180

Summary: Boot from Hard Disk does not work if the iso is dumped on a usb key
Product: Mageia Reporter: Rémy CLOUARD (shikamaru) <shikamaru>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE QA Contact:
Severity: major    
Priority: Normal CC: ennael1, marianne, molch.b
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Source RPM: mageia-gfxboot-theme-4.1.19.26-2.mga CVE:
Status comment:

Description Rémy CLOUARD (shikamaru) 2011-02-26 11:44:18 CET
Description of problem:
When you try to boot from hard disk in the initial menu of the iso, it does not, it just starts the iso menu again.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
on 2 different machines

Steps to Reproduce:
1. switch to root user (with su - for instance)
2. dump the iso on a usb key with dd if=/path/to/mageia.iso of=/dev/sdX
3. reboot and boot from the usb stick
4. try to boot from hard disk, you canât

No known workarounds at the moment


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Rémy CLOUARD (shikamaru) 2011-02-27 10:37:08 CET

CC: (none) => ennael1

Ahmad Samir 2011-02-27 21:35:39 CET

Component: Installation => RPM Packages
Source RPM: (none) => mageia-gfxboot-theme-4.1.19.26-2.mga

Comment 1 Rémy CLOUARD (shikamaru) 2011-04-24 10:05:29 CEST
still valid with beta1
Comment 2 Anne Nicolas 2011-04-24 10:07:53 CEST
*** Bug 950 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => molch.b

Marianne Lombard 2011-04-24 10:09:46 CEST

CC: (none) => marianne

Comment 3 Ahmad Samir 2011-04-25 02:31:04 CEST
I missed the dupe.

However this bug should be a dupe of 950, as the latter has more info.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 950 ***

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => DUPLICATE