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List:       fedora-devel-list
Subject:    Re: future of dual booting Windows and Fedora, redux
From:       "Chris Murphy" <lists () colorremedies ! com>
Date:       2022-08-01 13:10:59
Message-ID: 6e868391-94b5-415f-be55-1d2789bcb812 () www ! fastmail ! com
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On Mon, Aug 1, 2022, at 6:51 AM, Kamil Paral wrote:
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> I suppose Anaconda would have to be involved, detect encrypted partitions and \
> provide a hint when the bootloader is created. It would be a static solution, far \
> from ideal, but arguably better than the current state.

I think a GRUB patch is needed in the mkconfig scripts, to check for Bitlocker and \
when present inhibit creation of the Windows boot entry.

The problem with that is it's silent, looks like Windows is missing.

So yeah, also needed is some kind of Anaconda informational message.

--
Chris Murphy


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