[Bug 1077643] Re: Ubuntu+Kubuntu dual boot, UEFI both use /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu - i.e it overwrites the previous UEFI entry.

[yossarian_uk]

Ok - then how do I switch which is the default?

i.e after installing Kubuntu I get the Ubuntu UEFI entry, if I then install
Ubuntu It overwrites that entry and Ubuntu is the default OS.

 - yes I can choose kubuntu from the ubuntu grub menu however this is *not*
as good as having a seperate UEFI entry .

i.e - say I have a kernel update in Kubuntu - Ubuntu's grub menu isn't
aware of the changes to Kubuntu grub and will still load the old
(possibly security bug ridden) kernel

Is it possible to get separate ones ? It seems a much better solution
(otherwise one OS will not be aware of grub changes of another), also
rEFInd will not have separate entries.

Regards



On 11 November 2012 22:28, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> This is by design: you only need one grub installed and it can boot
> multiple OSes.
>
>
> ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
   Ubuntu+Kubuntu dual boot, UEFI both use /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu  - i.e
  it  overwrites the previous UEFI entry.

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Hi

  I have a UEFI system running various OS's.

  i.e

  opensuse, arch, ubuntu, kubuntu

  My issue is that both ubuntu + kubuntu share the same UEFI folder -
  /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu meaning that when I install the 2nd (of the 2
  ubuntu based os's) it overwrites the previous UEFI entry.

  I can still access the other on via grub, however I like to use rEFInd
  to boot into os's, I believe it detects os's my folder within
  /boot/efi/EFI/

  How can I change it so that kubuntu for example uses
  /boot/efi/EFI/kubuntu ? and thus has a seperate entry with the UEFI
  menu ?

  (i.e opensuse, arch are fine as they have seperate UEFI entries
  anyway.)

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