Comment 15 for bug 103297
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| Paul Sharp (paul5082) wrote Re: Kernel updater doesn't update grub's menu,lst correctly | #15 |
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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.