[Bug 1482851] Re: Windows 10 is detected as Windows 8

[David Martin]

It is mostly cosmetic as everything seems to work fine, at least for me.
This patch helped me with both Ubuntu 12.04 and 14.04.

** Patch added: "20microsoft-w10.patch"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/os-prober/+bug/1482851/+attachment/4444247/+files/20microsoft-w10.patch

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Title:
  Windows 10 is detected as Windows 8

Status in os-prober package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Steps to reproduce:
  * Clean pc
  * Install Windows 8.1, let it use the entire disk
  * Dual boot installation Ubuntu 15.04.
  * Verify that that Grub shows Windows 8 when booting up
  * Verify that you can boot into Windows from the grub menu
  * Verify that you can boot into Ubuntu from the grub menu
  * Verify that os-prober detects "Windows 8 (loader)" on sda1
  * Upgrade Windows 8.1 to Windows 10
  * (Additional steps may be required to restore grub after Windows upgrade)
  * Verify that you can boot into Windows 10 from the grub menu
  * Verify that you can boot into Ubuntu from the grub menu
  * Run os-prober

  Expected result:
  /dev/sda1:Windows 10 (loader):Windows:chain

  Actual result:
  /dev/sda1:Windows 8 (loader):Windows:chain

  Ubuntu 15.04
  os-prober 1.63ubuntu1

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