Public bug reported:
Note: I've been able to resize Vista NTFS partitions several times
without problems. This bug applies only to Windows server 2008.
1. Install Windows Server 2008
2. Boot the Hardy live CD
3. Use gparted to resize the NTFS partition and create a small (primary) ext2
fs on the same disk after the NTFS partition
4. Reboot
Actual results:
Windows fails to boot (it's not even possible to get to the Windows recovery
menu).
Expected results:
MBR should be updated to include both partitions but the NTFS one should still
be bootable.
Please notice that I did not install GRUB or even Linux, I just created and
formatted the ext2 partition. I'm fairly sure that the Windows Server 2008
installation was using the MBR (even though Windows Server 2008 also supports
GPT). After running into this problem I manually restored the MBR using dd from
a backup I had on disk. It's fair to say that 95% of Windows users would not be
able to recover at all from this bug (asking these people to dd their MBR is
insane) and I also believe that if they run into this problem they will be VERY
conservative about dual-booting Linux on their boxes in the future.
I think it would be a good idea to sketch out some basic use cases for
dual booting installs and then walk through those use cases as a "test
pass" before each release.
** Affects: gparted (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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gparted makes MBR unreadable by win2008
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237585
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