[Bug 466434] Re: Grub 1.97beta4 fails to set up correct Windows XP entry

Colin Watson cjwatson at canonical.com
Sat Oct 31 14:41:25 UTC 2009


On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:24:45AM -0000, Bruce R wrote:
> In installing 29oct2009 release, 64-bit Karmic, the new grub 1.97beta4
> failed to correctly detect and create a new startup menu for one of two
> WinXP active partitions. Two menu entries were created in
> /boot/grub/grub.cfg but both contain the same the same UUID code, so
> only that partition can be loaded.

Could you please show the output of 'sudo os-prober'?

> If it can't be fixed very soon, an Update reversion to 'Legacy Grub'
> might be a possible solution, to encourage migration from dual-boot
> Windows ?

We aren't going to go back; GRUB Legacy was unmaintained and had a whole
different set of more or less unfixable bugs. At least the bugs in GRUB
2 show prospect of being fixable. :-)

** Package changed: grub (Ubuntu) => grub2 (Ubuntu)

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