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[bug #18547] Dell MediaDirect fails after GRUB install
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Stephen Bentley |
Subject: |
[bug #18547] Dell MediaDirect fails after GRUB install |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:47:17 +0000 |
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URL:
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?18547>
Summary: Dell MediaDirect fails after GRUB install
Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted by: konlii
Submitted on: Monday 12/18/2006 at 17:47
Category: Booting
Severity: Major
Priority: 5 - Normal
Item Group: Feature Request
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
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Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Release: ALL
Reproducibility: Every Time
Planned Release:
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Details:
Detailed information on MediaDirect can be found at
http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/mediadirect.htm
Basically, Dell laptops with MediaDirect have a 'hidden' partition. This
partition is loaded instead of the OS partition when the MediaDirect button
is pushed to start the computer instead of the power button. This is
possible because the MBR has a special second sector which only loads
MediaDirect.
Since GRUB rewrites the entire MBR, this functionality is lost completely
when GRUB is installed. Is there any possiblity of a MediaDirect-capable
version of GRUB being produced?
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