Bug is still present in Quantal: the os-prober of Ubuntu 12.10 does not detect Fedora17 when Fedora17 is not mounted.
** Description changed: - The os-prober of Ubuntu 12.04 (and 12.10) does not detect Fedora when - Fedora's partition is unmounted (which is frequent). Consequence: Fedora - does not appear in Ubuntu's GRUB menu. + The os-prober of Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 does not detect Fedora/ArchLinux + when Fedora/ArchLinux's partition is unmounted (which is frequent). + Consequence: Fedora/ArchLinux does not appear in Ubuntu's GRUB menu. - WORKAROUND: mount the Fedora partition before doing update-grub in - Ubuntu. + This bug did not exist with the os-prober of 11.10, so it is a + regression of os-prober. + + WORKAROUND: mount the Fedora/ArchLinux partition before doing update- + grub in Ubuntu. Bug confirmed by several French users with Fedora17 and Ubuntu12.04 - (http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=9695571#p9695571 and - http://forums.fedora-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=57393 ). - - - Same bug for ArchLinux. + /12.10 (http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=9695571#p9695571 + and http://forums.fedora-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=57393 ). ** Description changed: - The os-prober of Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 does not detect Fedora/ArchLinux - when Fedora/ArchLinux's partition is unmounted (which is frequent). - Consequence: Fedora/ArchLinux does not appear in Ubuntu's GRUB menu. + The os-prober of Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 does not detect + Fedora17/ArchLinux when Fedora17/ArchLinux's partition is unmounted + (which is frequent). Consequence: Fedora17/ArchLinux does not appear in + Ubuntu's GRUB menu. This bug did not exist with the os-prober of 11.10, so it is a regression of os-prober. - WORKAROUND: mount the Fedora/ArchLinux partition before doing update- + The os-prober of 12.04 correctly detects Fedora16 but not Fedora17. + + WORKAROUND: mount the Fedora17/ArchLinux partition before doing update- grub in Ubuntu. Bug confirmed by several French users with Fedora17 and Ubuntu12.04 /12.10 (http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=9695571#p9695571 and http://forums.fedora-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=57393 ). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1038093 Title: [regression] Fedora17 and ArchLinux dont appear in GRUB menu To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/os-prober/+bug/1038093/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
