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

[Robert Millan]

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.

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

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