Ubuntu
grub package

putting Windows in second does not work after an update

Bug #191738 reported by Alexandre Racine
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub

Well, after a look at Bug #21412 and Bug #21175, I am a little disappointed by the fact that with Ubuntu and grub, I can't put Windows second in my grub menu without loosing the changes after a kernel update.

So consider this an official request. Thanks. I can request this upstream too if necessary.

Revision history for this message
Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

update-grub is not upstream code, please do not submit this bug upstream.

Some options for workarounds:

- put Windows first in the grub menu before the "AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST" block, and set 'default 1' so that grub boots the second option by default
- configure grub to boot via the vmlinuz and vmlinuz.old symlinks, and disable update-grub in /etc/kernel-img.conf so that menu.lst can be managed entirely by hand.

Daniel T Chen (crimsun)
Changed in grub:
importance: Undecided → Low
Revision history for this message
Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

There seems to be insufficient description of the problem here to go on, and this report is getting a bit old. Since it was originally filed, Ubuntu has moved to grub2. If this is still an issue with 10.04, please reopen the bug and try to provide a more detailed description of the problem.

Changed in grub (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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