I forgot to give the details for my configuration:
BUG description: GRUB os-prober script /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft
does a poor job detecting Windows partition types
Consequence: User is misled into booting the Windows Recovery Environment
instead of the Windows OS
Worst case: Win
** Summary changed:
- grub entry added for "Compaq diagnostics" partition
+ GRUB os-prober incorrectly detects Windows partitions
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GRUB os-prober incorrectly detects Windows partitions
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48068
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I've had the same problem as Davide et al.
I suspect that the Ubuntu installation is also at fault for the fatal
end result, chosing a DOS Extended partition as a logical partition to
contain Linux root and swap. The problem is that DOS expressly limits
this partition type (hex 05) to 8 GB, and D
