[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
Copied to hardy-updates. ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: verification-needed -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
Seems to be fixed with wubi 503 on 20080620.1 hardy.1 cd -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: Fix Released => Fix Committed -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu Hardy) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
** Changed in: wubi Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
accepted into hardy-proposed. ** Tags added: verification-needed -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu Hardy) Target: None => ubuntu-8.04.1 ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Target: ubuntu-8.04.1 => None -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
** Description changed: This is due to bug 8497 but I am keeping it separate because I would like to provide a wubi specific workaround. One way is to add an extra boot menu option with kernel argument edd=on to address the issue. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/8497 - EDIT: as suggested by bean123 and tinybit it is possible to modify the - grub-installer line so that root is not set at all within menu.lst. This - is because another menu.lst is used beforehand which will set root and - then call configfile. + + TEST CASE: On some systems with multiple disks, grub can set the root device incorrectly, causing a Wubi install to fail. + + As suggested by bean123 and tinybit it is possible to modify the grub- + installer line so that root is not set at all within menu.lst. This is + because another menu.lst is used beforehand which will set root and then + call configfile. + + Potential regressions introduced by this patch should only be limited to + Wubi installs as it is currently the only case in which grub- + installer/bootdev_directory would be set. ** Attachment added: "grub-installer-wubi.debdiff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14092458/grub-installer-wubi.debdiff ** Description changed: This is due to bug 8497 but I am keeping it separate because I would like to provide a wubi specific workaround. One way is to add an extra boot menu option with kernel argument edd=on to address the issue. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/8497 TEST CASE: On some systems with multiple disks, grub can set the root device incorrectly, causing a Wubi install to fail. As suggested by bean123 and tinybit it is possible to modify the grub- installer line so that root is not set at all within menu.lst. This is because another menu.lst is used beforehand which will set root and then call configfile. + http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14092458/grub-installer-wubi.debdiff is a + patch for hardy-proposed. Please note that ubiquity needs to be + uploaded afterwards in order for this to be tested. + Potential regressions introduced by this patch should only be limited to Wubi installs as it is currently the only case in which grub- installer/bootdev_directory would be set. ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Target: None => ubuntu-8.04.1 ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu Hardy) Assignee: (unassigned) => Evan Dandrea (evand) Status: New => Fix Committed ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Status: In Progress => Fix Committed -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
Forget the above post, that will not work since update-grub will use groot to generate lines such as "root find --set-root" as opposed to "find --set-root". We will go for the solution in #5 then! groot=(hdX,Y)/ubuntu/disks =>groot=()/ubuntu/disks + update-grub -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
>From discussions in #ubuntu-installer we've determined that https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/217348/comments/9 will not work without modification to update-grub, which is too invasive for 8.04.1. Therefor we will implement https://bugs.launchpad.net/wubi/+bug/217348/comments/5 for 8.04.1 and implement the better long-term solution in 8.10. ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Evan Dandrea (evand) Status: New => In Progress -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
** Changed in: wubi Status: Fix Committed => In Progress -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
The find syntax has been changed slightly in grub4dos. Now it is: find --set-root=/relative/path /path/to/file/to/search Please do the following test. Within a wubi installation edit /boot/grub/menu.lst so that the #groot line reads: #groot=find --ignore-floppies --set-root=/ubuntu/disks /ubuntu/disks/boot/grub/menu.lst Save and run: sudo update-grub Then in Windows unpack the attached wubildr.zip into both C:\ (or whatever is your boot drive) and C:\ubuntu\winboot. Make sure that any existing wubildr* file is overwritten with the new ones. Then try to boot into Ubuntu. More points if you have multiple disks. ** Attachment added: "wubildr.zip" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14073482/wubildr.zip -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
s/requires upgrading the grub package/requires upgrading the grub4dos package/ -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
On second thought, using: find --set-root --relative=/ubuntu/disks /ubuntu/disks/boot/grub/menu.lst is more generic and even if setting the root is superfluous in the case of Wubi the setup above might be useful where the grub menu is used directly without going through the embedded menu.lst. The disadvantage is that using find --relative requires upgrading the grub package (which will probably be required anyway because of other patches). --- grub-installer 2008-04-28 16:21:48.519362000 +0100 +++ grub-installer.new 2008-04-28 16:26:37.285702000 +0100 @@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ fi if db_get grub-installer/bootdev_directory && [ "$RET" ]; then - sed -i "/^# groot=/s:).*:)$RET:" $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file + sed -i "s:^# groot=:# groot=find --set-root --relative=$RET $RET/boot/grub/$menu_file:" $ROOT/boot/grub/$menu_file need_update_grub=1 fi A variation of the above involves looking for a UUID file as opposed to looking for menu.lst as suggested by Colin. -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
** Changed in: wubi Target: None => 8.04.1 -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 217348] Re: Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst
The above patch was tested successfully by myself and davmor2. ** Also affects: sysvinit (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: grub-installer (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: sysvinit => grub-installer ** Description changed: This is due to bug 8497 but I am keeping it separate because I would like to provide a wubi specific workaround. One way is to add an extra boot menu option with kernel argument edd=on to address the issue. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/8497 + + EDIT: as suggested by bean123 and tinybit it is possible to modify the + grub-installer line so that root is not set at all within menu.lst. This + is because another menu.lst is used beforehand which will set root and + then call configfile. -- Incorrect disk order detection generates wrong menu.lst https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/217348 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
