Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: os-prober
I have installed karmic on several different machines of late. I have noticed
that os-prober setting up the new grub.cfg file identifies windows as below:
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# sudo os-prober
/dev/sda2:Windows Vista (loader):Windows:chain
/dev/sda3:Windows Vista (loader):Windows1:chain
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This results in a grub menu list that doesn't differentiate between the
recovery partion (/dev/sda2) the the main usable partition (/dev/sda3).
On my sister's machine, this resulting in "reinstalling" windows and, of
course, writting over the boot loader. No problem if I weren't 5 hrs
away from her :)
I hand, coded a sed routine that changes this for future installs so
that it identifies and tags sda2 not to run and sda3 to run for normal
windows (but this will vary from machine to machine, so needs per-
machine customization).
In previous version of Ubuntu, it accurately identified recovery vs
normal partitions.
This needs to be brought back in future versions. For Linux noobs and
young kids, it can cause too much trouble NOT to have it accurately
identified (not to mention the need for an improvement in the ability to
password-protect--with encryption--the grub menu and make it easier to
do this for the people who don't do command line -- read, make the
startup-menu program as good as it was in previous versions). Perhaps it
wasn't a good idea switch to grub2 until it was further alone.
WIth thanks,
Narnie
** Affects: os-prober (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Doesn't differentiate between windows installs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/555933
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