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bug #18547: Dell MediaDirect fails after GRUB install

Submitted by:  Stephen Bentley <konlii>
Submitted on:  Mon 18 Dec 2006 05:47:16 PM UTC  
 
Category: BootingSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Feature Request
Status: NonePrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: 
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: ALL
Release: NoneReproducibility: Every Time
Planned Release: None

Sat 15 Dec 2007 09:35:41 PM UTC, comment #1:

Unfortunately we do not currently have the resources to track down this kind of requests. Please reopen this bug if you can provide a patch, or if you're willing to work on this issue.

Thanks

Robert Millan <robertmh>
Project Administrator
Mon 18 Dec 2006 05:47:16 PM UTC, original submission:

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?

Stephen Bentley <konlii>

 

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