Bug#423393: Bug#423268: grub-pc: system unbootable when /boot and separate partion, doesnt detect other installed OSes.

[Otavio Salvador]

Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com> writes:

> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 09:28:25AM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
>> retitle 423268 update-grub do not handle /boot on separate partition properly
>> clone 423268 -1
>> retitle -1 update-grub doesn't import other installed OSes entries.
>> priority -1 wishlist
>> thanks
>> 
>> [...]
>> 
>> > Secondly it doesnt detect the existence of other OSes in the case of a dual
>> > boot system. Causing those OSes to be unbootable.
>> 
>> I'm cloning this bug to deal with each issues separated.
>
> This is theoreticaly done by grub-installer.  It just happens that since
> our update-grub change, it doesn't know the new way to do it, and still
> writes its stuff to /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

I think this user _upgraded_ the package and then it wasn't handled by
d-i anymore.

> We still could try to add some migration code though.  Or maybe an explanatory
> note?

I think it might be better otherwise people will start to hate us ;-)

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