>From my experience, when a new kernel is updated, it doesn't even update the old menu.lst. It reads kernels installed on the computer & writes a new one with them in the list and the newest on top. I have a computer with 4 hard drives. 1st hdd is Windows XP, 3rd is Ubuntu. The other two (2 & 4) are data hdd's. It keeps writing that the ubuntu partition is on hd1,0, when the previous menu.lst had it correct - hd2,0. It totally removes the Windows addition to the menu. I have to edit the boot line and when in the desktop, I have to make corrections (on every kernel update) to menu.lst to reflect proper options.
I also experienced when I just installed Gutsy 7.10, it didn't even recognize I had Windows on another hard drive, and it also complained that Ubuntu was hd1,0, when it was actually 2,0. I had to edit the line initially to get it to boot. After a kernel upgrade, it will always require changing menu.lst to reflect proper configuration - NOT really a good option for a newbie (which I'm not). If I was a newbie & had to figure that out, I probably wouldn't consider using it. If you had one computer, one hard drive, it would be just fine, but that's not always the case. -- Kernel updater doesn't update grub's menu,lst correctly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/103297 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
