Bug 7486

Summary:	Windows 8 fails to boot in Mageia 2
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Kristoffer Grundström <lovaren>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High	CC:	grenoya, lovaren, ottoleipala1, stormi-mageia, zen25000
Version:	2
Target Milestone:	Mageia 3
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	Here's the freshly made RESULTS.txt made by the bootscript. Here's the list of all my medias

Description Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 04:00:55 CEST

Description of problem:I just installed Mageia with a KDE4 & GNOME setup using 3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2 as kernel. In GRUB, when I press Enter to boot (what should be a working Windows 8-session) Windows automatically tries to repair itself, but fails & reboots the computer. Trying to boot Windows only gets you to the repair-stage again.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 0.97

How reproducible: I have managed to reproduce this all the time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Windows 8 Release Preview-version.
2. Update Windows 8 to the fullest.
3. Now, burn the Mageia 2-iso to a USB-stick & start to install Mageia.
4. Delete (or uncheck) boxes for all the Testing-medias.
5. Update Mageia.
6. Boot to GRUB-menu entries & choose Windows in the list of OS'es to boot.
7. Windows will now instead of booting the environment go to repair-mode.

Comment 1 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 04:01:39 CEST

Created attachment 2800 [details]
Here's the freshly made RESULTS.txt made by the bootscript.

Comment 2 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 04:04:07 CEST

Created attachment 2801 [details]
Here's the list of all my medias

Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 04:04:14 CEST

CC: (none) => kristoffer.grundstrom1983

Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 04:04:29 CEST

Priority: Normal => High
Target Milestone: --- => Mageia 3

Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 04:04:40 CEST

Hardware: All => x86_64

Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 04:04:52 CEST

Summary: Windows 8 fails too boot from GRUB => Windows 8 fails to boot from GRUB

Comment 3 claire robinson 2012-09-16 10:35:13 CEST

Does the same happen with Mageia 3 alpha 1 Kristoffer ?

Comment 4 Barry Jackson 2012-09-16 10:49:15 CEST

As root edit the following line in the last section of /boot/grub/menu.lst from:
root (hd0,0)
to
root (hd1,0)

See how that goes.

CC: (none) => zen25000

Comment 5 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 14:28:54 CEST

That didn't work so I changed it to this after reading a Fedora-thread related to same issue with Windows 7:

title Windows 8
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1

Comment 6 Manuel Hiebel 2012-09-16 14:45:00 CEST

I really not see how we (as a distribution) or grub is responsible of such bugs in windows...

Comment 7 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 15:52:24 CEST

OK. Removing any word related to GRUB.....

Summary: Windows 8 fails to boot from GRUB => Windows 8 fails to boot in Mageia 2
Source RPM: grub => (none)

Comment 8 Manuel Hiebel 2012-09-16 15:58:25 CEST

yeah, more funnier than before \o/

Severity: critical => normal

Comment 9 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-16 22:27:35 CEST

(In reply to comment #8)
> yeah, more funnier than before \o/

(In reply to comment #1)
> Created attachment 2800 [details]
> Here's the freshly made RESULTS.txt made by the bootscript.

You're welcome to change the title.

Comment 10 Barry Jackson 2012-09-17 00:55:47 CEST

(In reply to comment #5)
> That didn't work so I changed it to this after reading a Fedora-thread related
> to same issue with Windows 7:
> 
> title Windows 8
> rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> makeactive
> map (hd0) (hd1)
> map (hd1) (hd0)
> chainloader +1

So that works now does it?

Comment 11 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-17 08:48:55 CEST

(In reply to comment #10)
> (In reply to comment #5)
> > That didn't work so I changed it to this after reading a Fedora-thread related
> > to same issue with Windows 7:
> > 
> > title Windows 8
> > rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> > makeactive
> > map (hd0) (hd1)
> > map (hd1) (hd0)
> > chainloader +1
> 
> So that works now does it?

Nope.

Comment 12 Barry Jackson 2012-09-17 16:51:48 CEST

You might try moving the makeactive to the bottom so it's the last command - I'm not over optitmistic, but I suspect it at least needs to be after the mapping (sorry I forgot about the mapping earlier).

Comment 13 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-17 21:10:00 CEST

(In reply to comment #12)
> You might try moving the makeactive to the bottom so it's the last command -
> I'm not over optitmistic, but I suspect it at least needs to be after the
> mapping (sorry I forgot about the mapping earlier).

No luck there either.

Comment 14 Barry Jackson 2012-09-18 12:32:27 CEST

If I was in this situation I would now:-
1. Repair Windows so it boots directly as though Mageia was not installed.
2. Using a SuperGrub CD (not SuperGrub2) boot into Mageia.
http://prdownload.berlios.de/supergrub/super_grub_disk_0.9799.iso
3. Run bootinfoscript and rename RESULTS.txt as RESULTS_win.txt
3. Go to the Boot section of mcc and re-install the Mageia bootloader to MBR.
4. Run bootinfoscript again.
5. Try to boot Windows
6. If it fails attach RESULTS.txt and RESULTS_win.txt here.

It may show something useful.

Comment 15 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-18 15:59:35 CEST

(In reply to comment #14)
> If I was in this situation I would now:-
> 1. Repair Windows so it boots directly as though Mageia was not installed.
> 2. Using a SuperGrub CD (not SuperGrub2) boot into Mageia.
> http://prdownload.berlios.de/supergrub/super_grub_disk_0.9799.iso
> 3. Run bootinfoscript and rename RESULTS.txt as RESULTS_win.txt
> 3. Go to the Boot section of mcc and re-install the Mageia bootloader to MBR.
> 4. Run bootinfoscript again.
> 5. Try to boot Windows
> 6. If it fails attach RESULTS.txt and RESULTS_win.txt here.
> 
> It may show something useful.

Repair Windows, HOW?
The repair that Windows tries to perform doesn't do the trick as well as using the Rescue-mode reinstallation of Windows Bootloader.

I could try that thou.

Comment 16 Barry Jackson 2012-09-19 15:51:31 CEST

Does your mother board support UEFI? 
http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2012/05/top-10-windows-8-features-6-secure-boot.php

Comment 17 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-19 16:33:26 CEST

(In reply to comment #16)
> Does your mother board support UEFI? 
> http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2012/05/top-10-windows-8-features-6-secure-boot.php

Well, I don't know how up-to-date this page is, but I can't find any information about Secure Boot for it: http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/G31M-S/

Here are the updates for its BIOS:

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/G31M-S/?cat=Download&os=BIOS

Comment 18 Barry Jackson 2012-09-19 18:45:34 CEST

Looks like regular PC-bios so I have no idea why it fails.
What does ls show at the grub2 rescue shell?

You could do it the other way round:-
Re-install Windows
Check it works
Boot Mageia (SuperGrub disk) and install grub bootloader to the root partition NOT the MBR.
Use BCD-Edit in Windows to add Mageia to the Win bootloader (Chainload into root of Mageia).

Comment 19 Claire Revillet 2012-09-19 19:31:14 CEST


(In reply to comment #5)
> That didn't work so I changed it to this after reading a Fedora-thread related
> to same issue with Windows 7:
> 
> title Windows 8
> rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> makeactive
> map (hd0) (hd1)
> map (hd1) (hd0)
> chainloader +1

in my /boot/grub/menu.lst i have the following for windows 7:

title windows
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

so no makeactive. and iirc the guy who gives my thoses lines saids 'makeactive' was for windows < 7

my 2 cents

CC: (none) => grenoya

Comment 20 Kristoffer Grundström 2012-09-30 15:37:47 CEST

I can now update this bug & tell you that I see this issue even if I install Windows XP 32-bits.

Comment 21 Otto Leipälä 2012-10-25 18:46:10 CEST

Uefi and secure boot needs windows digital key and there is one problem,windows default keys won't boot linux so you have two choise one is you turn off secure boot or wait that mageia will buy own digital key from microsoft to support multiboot with windows and linux.
It's explained in this page.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-20111545-75/microsoft-addresses-windows-8-secure-boot-issue/

CC: (none) => ozkyster

Comment 22 Samuel Verschelde 2013-08-27 18:16:21 CEST

I have read all the comments and failed to see how it is supposed to be a Mageia bug, so closing.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => stormi
Resolution: (none) => INVALID