Just chiming in again. It's been 10 days since the last post & I'm concerned that the correction of this regression will just float off into the ether.
This issue has apparently been fixed upstream and in experimental builds, but why not in Ubuntu 9.10+? Also, I'm concerned that Ubuntu is using a beta copy of Grub2 while the latest build on gnu.org is 1.97.1 final. I love my Ubuntu/XPsp3 box and don't want to break it by switching my MBR to sdb (plus my wife will kill me :P ). Ubuntu 9.04 started perfectly with Grub2 1.96. I am seriously considering rolling back to Grub Legacy in the New Year. Please escalate the priority of releasing a fix for this troubling issue. If Ubuntu ever hopes to compete with M$... -- Current grub-pc takes several minutes to show menu https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/420933 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