This bug has EVERYTHING to do with how the BIOS orders devices and how Grub just outright ignores that ordering despite the fact every other PC based OS can get that information from the BIOS and respect it. They can even honor the device order selected by the user from the boot menu.
When Grub chooses the wrong *&)(&)(*&^ing drive as the boot drive, it updates the wrong MBR. We have had this discussion many many many times. The DOS emulator people can get it right. The wine people can get it right. FreeDOS can get it right and so can most other OSs. Grub chooses not to. On Friday, October 15, 2010 07:24:21 pm you wrote: > @Seasoned_geek > > Please re-read the bug description, this has nothing to do with how the > BIOS orders devices. Additionally, it is impossible to reliably > determine the BIOS's order from within linux which, among other reasons, > is why grub2 instead identifies filesystems by UUID. -- Roland Hughes, President Logikal Solutions http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com http://www.infiniteexposure.net No U.S. troops have ever lost their lives defending our ethanol reserves. -- upgrades of the grub-pc package can overwrite wrong MBR https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/496435 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
