*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 21412 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/21412
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 21412
Default update-grub behaviour is not intuitive with respect to user
modifications
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Kernel update hoses hand-edited menu.lst
https://bugs.launchpad.net
This bug has been fixed in hardy, in grub version 0.97-29ubuntu7 and
above:
grub (0.97-29ubuntu7) hardy; urgency=low
* debian/update-grub: use ucf to record changes to the autogenerated
kernel list
It is still advisable that boot options for other operating systems such
as Windows be added
Well,... correcting myself, Ubuntu put the other systems after Automagic
List. I have changed the position myself and it was my mistake. But
still, this didn't happen in previous kernel updates, erasing the XP
entry from automagic entries. Why this time it was different?
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Kernel update hoses ha
I had the same problem in the last kernel update in two machines, one
with Feisty and other with Gutsy. I have edited menu.lst leaving XP as
first entry and as default because of my parents but it was wiped out.
The point is, when Ubuntu (in my case, Kubuntu) is installed, it detects
XP partitions
just came across this issue as well (feisty fawn). the bad thing is that
the update process doesn't even back up menu.lst:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/grub# ls -al me*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4717 2007-12-19 14:56 menu.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4717 2007-12-19 14:56 menu.lst~
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/boot/g
> Is there a limit to the number of entries in menu.lst?
You can limit the number of kernel entries with the "# howmany=" option.
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Kernel update hoses hand-edited menu.lst
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/75712
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** Summary changed:
- Kernel update hoses grub's menu.lst
+ Kernel update hoses hand-edited menu.lst
** Description changed:
I just updated my system to the new kernel. Now grub no longer lists
Windows in its boot menu. I checked /boot/grub/menu.lst and, indeed, the
entry that booted Windo
