[Bug 1077643] Re: Ubuntu+Kubuntu dual boot, UEFI both use /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu - i.e it overwrites the previous UEFI entry.

[yossarian_uk]

so ...

That means I can access *any* UEFI supported OS directly from a UEFI menu
except more than 1 Ubuntu system....

Any plans to 'fix' this.

The present workaround (i.e having to load  one system in order to change
the boot for another ) is not a great solution.

To fix it all that would need to happen is for the installer to create a
differently named folder in the EFI partition or for it to bo
/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu_1 or something...

Is there a manual way I can do this?


On 12 November 2012 16:33, Phillip Susi <psusi at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> There is no way to get around that, you just have to notice when the
> other os gets a new kernel and run update-grub from the primary.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077643
>
> Title:
>    Ubuntu+Kubuntu dual boot, UEFI both use /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu  - i.e
>   it  overwrites the previous UEFI entry.
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1077643/+subscriptions
>

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to grub2 in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1077643

Title:
   Ubuntu+Kubuntu dual boot, UEFI both use /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu  - i.e
  it  overwrites the previous UEFI entry.

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Hi

  I have a UEFI system running various OS's.

  i.e

  opensuse, arch, ubuntu, kubuntu

  My issue is that both ubuntu + kubuntu share the same UEFI folder -
  /boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu meaning that when I install the 2nd (of the 2
  ubuntu based os's) it overwrites the previous UEFI entry.

  I can still access the other on via grub, however I like to use rEFInd
  to boot into os's, I believe it detects os's my folder within
  /boot/efi/EFI/

  How can I change it so that kubuntu for example uses
  /boot/efi/EFI/kubuntu ? and thus has a seperate entry with the UEFI
  menu ?

  (i.e opensuse, arch are fine as they have seperate UEFI entries
  anyway.)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1077643/+subscriptions