Public bug reported:
This may be a small issue in some ways, but I don't think it is the best
behaviour.
Ubuntu 11.04 installed and working find. It "chain loads" Windows 7
fine.
I then installed Fedora 15 and installed the boot loader for Fedora on
its root partition. I then went back and booted into Ubuntu and ran a
grub update. It found the Fedora installation and added an entry to the
"Ubuntu" grub boot loader, but linked directly to the Fedora kernel, and
not to the Fedora grub boot loader.
This is now an issue in another way as I have been asked to check
something on the Ubuntu 11.10 (alpha 3) release. In Live mode I cannot
seem to do this. It would be nice to be able to install this (alpha3)
without affecting my existing installation, and to be able to chain load
to this "development" version.
So in summary I think it would be best if when grub update is run it
links to any boot loader on a root partition it can find, rather than
directly to kernels on that partition. I expect there are manual work
arounds, so I guess it is not an urgent issue.
Otherwise all working well, please keep up the good work.
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Grub2 Does Not Automatically Chain Load Other Unix Distribution
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