See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/os-prober/+bug/476625

I shall stop mentioning it on this list now.
--
Jonathan


2010/11/23 Jonathan Winterflood <[email protected]>

> @Vladimir
>
> Not a GRUB but os-prober problem and we don't maintain os-prober.
>> Bugreport is invalid
>>
>
> I see, I didn't realize os-prober was a separate program.
> I'll refer to them; Thanks for the pointer, and sorry for the noise!
> Have you already told them about it maybe? (since it affects grub...)
>
> @Donald
> Thought you might want to be in the loop in case it got fixed :)
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Jonathan
>
>
> 2010/11/23 Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko <[email protected]>
>
> On 11/23/2010 10:37 PM, Jonathan Winterflood wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >     Hi all,
>> >
>> > Having recently installed Ubuntu 10.10 on a machine alongside Vista, I
>> > noticed that grub (1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3) incorrectly detects the
>> > nature of my "Windows Recovery Environment" and "Windows Vista"
>> > partitions:
>> >
>> Not a GRUB but os-prober problem and we don't maintain os-prober.
>> Bugreport is invalid
>> > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
>> > menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
>> >     insmod part_msdos
>> >     insmod ntfs
>> >     set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
>> >     search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 64bce3a1bce36bcc
>> >     chainloader +1
>> > }
>> > menuentry "Windows Recovery Environment (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" {
>> >     insmod part_msdos
>> >     insmod ntfs
>> >     set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
>> >     search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set bc3c53c13c5374fc
>> >     drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
>> >     chainloader +1
>> > }
>> > ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
>> >
>> > The correct order is the opposite (Vista on sda2)
>> > Booting the 'wrong' one seems to boot the correct one fine, despite
>> > "drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}" being missing/added.
>> >
>> >
>> > This means that the computer's main user (not an experienced user)
>> > could get very confused and trash the whole system....
>> > I could recreate the entries as custom (as mentioned in a previous
>> > message on help-grub, see below), but then there would be two sets of
>> > Windows entries, which may be even more confusing....
>> >
>> > This seems to be a bug in os-prober to me, but a quick look at
>> > 30_os-prober has left me unable to diagnose where the problem is.
>> >
>> > It has been previously mentioned here (with apparently no recognition
>> > or de-qualification as a bug):
>> > 1) http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2010-11/msg00010.html
>> > 2) http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-grub/2010-08/msg00022.html
>> > 3) http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-grub/2010-09/msg00020.html
>> > re: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-grub/2010-09/msg00021.html
>> >
>> > I cannot see any mention of this on
>> > http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=grub either
>> >
>> > I would have a look at patching this myself, but by the time I've been
>> > pointed in the right direction, the person pointing might be able to
>> > just fix it...
>> >
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > --
>> > Jonathan
>> >
>> >
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>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
>>
>>
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