GRUB problem after upgrading to 10.04

[Goh Lip]

On 05/02/2010 10:40 AM, user1 wrote:
> On Sun, 02 May 2010 03:27:43 +0800, Goh Lip wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 1 May 2010 10:33:17 +0000 (UTC) user1<bqz69 at telia.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> O>
>>>> My intention was to use 9.04 until I got 10.04 really set up and
>>>> working, so I could easily switch between the two.
>>>>
>>>> Note: grub is "grub legacy = old grub" and grub2 is "grub2 = new
>>>> grub"
>>>
>>> I just changed to grub legacy following the recipe in:
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
>>>
>>> 12.1 Reverting to GRUB legacy
>>>
>>> and now it works as usual.
>>>
>>> I find grub legacy easier to setup and use - you just have to edit
>>> menu.lst and that's it.
>>>
>>> So I will wait reverting until grub2 is ready *smile*
>>>
>>>
>>
>> And that is easier than 'sudo update-grub'?
>
> I did that.
>
> I first edited the lucid 40_custom file with the contents from the karmic
> 40_custom file (I had made a backup of this file) which did recognize the
> other operating systems.
>
> Then I ran: sudo update-grub
>
> And that did not work.
>
> I mean that such an important part of an OS as the bootloader should work
> out of the box and recognize all the other installed OS without any bugs.
> If not a lot of people might get a heavy problem. *smile*
>

Okay, I normally don't use 'sudo update-grub' myself. It's the most 
popular grub command. I'll use baby command 'grub-mkconfig -o 
/boot/grub/grub.cfg' or the grandmother of all grub commands 
'grub-install /dev/sda' if all fails.


Regards - Goh Lip