[Bug 1072794] Re: Win partition needs to be mounted for an update-grub to discover it

2012-10-31 Thread Mike Voegele
No, I do not agree, it is a different bug. i do the following with started ubuntu12.10: A - win partition not mounted - update-grub - result: no win entry present in generated /boot/grub/grub.cfg. also the log during update-grub doesn't show anything. B - mount win partition - update-grub -

[Bug 1072794] Re: Win partition needs to be mounted for an update-grub to discover it

2012-10-31 Thread Phillip Susi
If the partition is not mounted, grub has to recognize it, and it does not due to the LDM bug. Once that is resolved, it should detect windows without the partition being mounted. You might zeroing out the invalid LDM headers as suggested in that bug and if that does not fix it, we can reopen

[Bug 1072794] Re: Win partition needs to be mounted for an update-grub to discover it

2012-10-31 Thread Mike Voegele
You are right, I zeroed out the LDM headers as you suggested, then update-grub creates a correct insmod part_msdos win entry, with the win partition not mounted. Thanks a lot for your work and for correcting the ldm bug :-). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1072794] Re: Win partition needs to be mounted for an update-grub to discover it

2012-10-30 Thread Phillip Susi
If you are having the problem in the bug you linked, then that is the problem, and not what you described here. ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: New = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.