[Bug 376879] Re: grub2 installer modifies grub 0.97 menu.lst incorrectly and fails to chainload grub2

[Andy Whitcroft]

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: grub2
  
  Discovered on Jaunty and Karmic. After installing grub2, it modifies the
  currently installed grub 0.97 menu.lst configuration file to chainload
  grub2 to allow one to test grub2 before committing to it as the default
  boot loader.
  
  However, grub2 modifies the menu.lst entry and adds the incorrect
  command to select the partition to boot from to chain load grub2. It
  uses:
  
  root   7cce46fe-4883-44bb-939b-58b9483f2739
  
  and should be:
  
  uuid  7cce46fe-4883-44bb-939b-58b9483f2739
  
  I suspect it was originally correct before grub 0.97 has UUID support
  added.
  
  Attached: png of the failed boot, and a png showing the erroneous
  partition selection command.
+ 
+ ===
+ 
+ SRU Justification for Jaunty
+ 
+ Impact: when upgrading from grub to grub2 selecting the chainload mode
+ (the default) the user ends up with an unbootable legacy configuration.
+ They can edit their entries and get booted but the fix is not at all
+ obvious to the naieve user.
+ 
+ Fix Description: Correctly use the uuid or root keywords based on the
+ current type of the 'groot' specified.  We pick up the selector directly
+ from grub to ensure it behaves in the same manner.
+ 
+ Patch: http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26764672/grub2-karmic-fix-legacy-
+ use-uuid
+ 
+ Risks: we do modify the legacy configuration script converter, which
+ might introduce other errors.  However the current output is completly
+ unbootable.
+ 
+ TEST CASE: install grub2 selecting chainload on a system which uses
+ 'groot <uuid>', reboot and find entries have 'root <uuid>' and will not
+ boot producing 'Unknown device specifier' errors.

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Jaunty)
       Status: New => In Progress

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Jaunty)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Andy Whitcroft (apw)

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grub2 installer modifies grub 0.97 menu.lst incorrectly and fails to chainload grub2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376879
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