[Bug 1020763] [NEW] i have three different linux OS on three different partitions sda6, sd7 and sda8. All of them are formatted in bftrs system. At first only the last installed linux was recognized by update-grub. After that i ran os-prober which found my two missing OS...but in grub menu at the beginning if i choose either one of them i get the message: you need to load the kernel first - and then it returns me back to grub menu. my sda8 linux still works normally :( help please

[Simon Andric]

Public bug reported:

i have three different linux OS on three different partitions sda6, sd7
and sda8. All of them are formatted in bftrs system. At first only the
last installed linux was recognized by update-grub. After that i ran os-
prober which found my two missing OS...but in grub menu at  the
beginning if i choose either one of them i get the message:  you need to
load the kernel first - and then it returns me back to grub menu. my
sda8 linux still works normally :( help please


this is my three OS-es

dev/sda6 = ubuntu 12.10 alpha2 (bftrs)
dev/sda7 = bodhi linux 2.00 alpha (bftrs)
dev/sda8 = kubuntu 12.10 alpha2 (bftrs)

i also have sda5 which is a partition for my personal data. this one is
formatted in ext4 filesystem.

the output of blkid is this:

root at avatar:~# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="88f166be-effb-4b86-8a9c-c432ca1c0c9d" TYPE="swap" 
/dev/sda5: UUID="04dd5c5c-1a8e-4607-95dd-2a08931fc829" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda6: UUID="6708186e-f8c4-4825-9e3b-a3de113287e9" UUID_SUB="163c7eff-ec3d-477e-820f-cdfc95848444" TYPE="btrfs" 
/dev/sda7: UUID="95c474bf-cba1-4a4a-b5c0-4d9b745beb25" UUID_SUB="7c0bba8a-9cae-4fd3-9605-299882ba88a4" TYPE="btrfs" 
/dev/sda8: UUID="027fb248-1253-48b7-b597-62ddd3edeec4" UUID_SUB="fea4926f-a08e-46cd-91b2-c5d367c3ecd3" TYPE="btrfs" 
root at avatar:~# 


update-grub:

root at avatar:~# sudo update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-3-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-3-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-2-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-2-generic
Found memtest86+ image: /@/boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Ubuntu quantal (development branch) (12.10) on /dev/sda6
Found Ubuntu quantal (development branch) (12.10) on /dev/sda7
done

root at avatar:~# lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu quantal (development branch)
Release:        12.10
root at avatar:~# 


thank you
Simon

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  i have three different linux OS on three different partitions sda6,
  sd7 and sda8. All of them are formatted in bftrs system. At first only
  the last installed linux was recognized by update-grub. After that i
  ran os-prober which found my two missing OS...but in grub menu at  the
  beginning if i choose either one of them i get the message:  you need
  to load the kernel first - and then it returns me back to grub menu.
  my sda8 linux still works normally :( help please

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  i have three different linux OS on three different partitions sda6,
  sd7 and sda8. All of them are formatted in bftrs system. At first only
  the last installed linux was recognized by update-grub. After that i
  ran os-prober which found my two missing OS...but in grub menu at  the
  beginning if i choose either one of them i get the message:  you need
  to load the kernel first - and then it returns me back to grub menu.
  my sda8 linux still works normally :( help please

  
  this is my three OS-es

  dev/sda6 = ubuntu 12.10 alpha2 (bftrs)
  dev/sda7 = bodhi linux 2.00 alpha (bftrs)
  dev/sda8 = kubuntu 12.10 alpha2 (bftrs)

  i also have sda5 which is a partition for my personal data. this one
  is formatted in ext4 filesystem.

  the output of blkid is this:

  root at avatar:~# blkid
  /dev/sda1: UUID="88f166be-effb-4b86-8a9c-c432ca1c0c9d" TYPE="swap" 
  /dev/sda5: UUID="04dd5c5c-1a8e-4607-95dd-2a08931fc829" TYPE="ext4" 
  /dev/sda6: UUID="6708186e-f8c4-4825-9e3b-a3de113287e9" UUID_SUB="163c7eff-ec3d-477e-820f-cdfc95848444" TYPE="btrfs" 
  /dev/sda7: UUID="95c474bf-cba1-4a4a-b5c0-4d9b745beb25" UUID_SUB="7c0bba8a-9cae-4fd3-9605-299882ba88a4" TYPE="btrfs" 
  /dev/sda8: UUID="027fb248-1253-48b7-b597-62ddd3edeec4" UUID_SUB="fea4926f-a08e-46cd-91b2-c5d367c3ecd3" TYPE="btrfs" 
  root at avatar:~# 

  
  update-grub:

  root at avatar:~# sudo update-grub
  Generating grub.cfg ...
  Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-3-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-3-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-2-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-2-generic
  Found memtest86+ image: /@/boot/memtest86+.bin
  Found Ubuntu quantal (development branch) (12.10) on /dev/sda6
  Found Ubuntu quantal (development branch) (12.10) on /dev/sda7
  done

  root at avatar:~# lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu quantal (development branch)
  Release:        12.10
  root at avatar:~# 


  thank you
  Simon

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