Bug#1053594: grub: KDE Neon installation on seperate partition is not recognized

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Samstag, dem 07.10.2023 um 09:09 +0200 schrieb Michael Josenhans:
> Source: grub
> Version: 0.97-80
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: m_josenhans at web.de
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where
> appropriate ***
> 
>    * What led up to the situation?
> I updated debian with
> su
> apt update 
> apt upgrade
> 
>    * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>      ineffective)?
> grub from debian installation was installed during debian package
> update
> 
>    * What was the outcome of this action?
> debian version of grub is now installed (likely in MBR)
> This version does not show an option to start kde neon
>    * What outcome did you expect instead?
> the installed debian grub version detects KDE Neon and provides an
> option to start the installed KDE Neon besides the option to start
> debian
> 

Hi, 

what's the reason that you still use the old GRUB Legacy instead of
GRUB 2?

I suggest using GRUB 2 with os-prober installed.
Though you need to enable usage of os-prober in /etc/default/grub with

GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

GRUB 0.97 won't get any fixes from us anymore.