#4819 closed bug (invalid)
Haiku changes active partition when dual booting from GRUB
| Reported by: | plodder | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | R1 |
| Component: | System | Version: | R1/alpha1 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Platform: | x86 |
Description
I have installed Haiku Alpha 1 for dual booting with PC Linux OS via GRUB on an Acer 529ATX laptop. The current setup of the partitions is as follows:
primary partition 1: Haiku Alpha 1
primary partition 2: PC Linux OS
Active partition: primary partition 2
Boot loader: GRUB installed on primary partition 2.
The set up works perfectly and I can boot into both PC Linux OS and Haiku without problems - except for one glitch. When I boot into Haiku, it changes the active partition (boot flag) from partition 2 to partition 1. Thus, on the next boot, GRUB is bypassed, the option to boot into PC Linux OS is not presented and the laptop boots directly into Haiku. If I want to boot into PC Linux OS, I have to change the active partition (boot flag) back to primary partition 2 using, e.g., cfdisk on the Parted Magic CD first.
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
follow-up: 3 comment:2 by , 15 years ago
don't know: Does the grub menu.lst parameter "makeactive" related to this?
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
Replying to jedie:
don't know: Does the grub menu.lst parameter "makeactive" related to this?
Without having read the grub docs I'd guess it is.
Whatever changes your partition's active flag, it is not Haiku. Maybe your MBR does.