** Summary changed: - Auto-update asked re-wrote my Grub menu.lst and removed my Windows boot items + Auto-update overwrote my grub menu.lst
** Description changed: - The AutoUpdate feature asked claimed that it could not update some items - and that I should start Synaptic Package manager and click "Mark all - upgrades". I did so. The update proceeded normally, then asked for a - reboot. Once I rebooted, there was NO SELECTION FOR WINDOWS XP in the - grub boot screen. + The AutoUpdate feature came up with an error message and said that it + could not update all the required items. The message said to start + Synaptic Package manager and click "Mark all upgrades". I did so. The + update proceeded normally, then asked for a reboot. Once I rebooted, + only Ubuntu was available in the Grub menu list... my listing for + Windows XP was gone. I had to go in and manually add an entry to Windows into the grub - menu.lst. + menu.lst. The original menu list was still in the directory as a + backup file. - This was disconcerting. For users who don't know how to do that, it - would be a critical issue. + This was disconcerting. For users who don't know how to add things to + menu.lst, it could be a critical issue. Thanks for your attention. -- Auto-update overwrote my grub menu.lst https://launchpad.net/bugs/71676 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
