[Bug 1276544] Re: Multi-boot grub menu does not identify releases

[Julian Andres Klode]

You can realistically only really have a single Ubuntu install per
system anyway, otherwise it's mad ping-pong between bootloaders
overriding each other (because there can only be one "ubuntu"
bootloader). And newer bootloaders might not load older kernels or vice
versa. OK, OK, what I say is valid only for EFI, but well, not much
point doing much more work on os-prober for nicer BIOS support (and we
need to kill it on UEFI anyway, and set BootNext from grub and use entry
names from UEFI BootOrder, so that each foreign OS gets booted by
rebooting to it, so that measurements and secure boot chain is correct).

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Won't Fix

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Title:
  Multi-boot grub menu does not identify releases

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Ubiquity 2.10.29 does identify existing Ubuntu releases (E.g. "Trusty
  Tahr") during a potentital along-sideof Precise 12.04.04 type
  installation.  However, this information is not reflected in the
  resulting boot menu.

  For example, I shrunk Trusty from an entire disk installation to a 1/2
  disk, leaving room for Precise 12.04.04.  Then, I installed Precise
  along-side of Trusty.  The attached 3 images are the resulting boot
  menu items on the display when the operator is prompted to select an
  image to boot from the grub menu.

  "Windows" does show up in a dual boot case of Ubuntu with Windows.
  Why not include the Ubuntu release name+number for clarity?

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