[Bug 1283830] [NEW] win8.1+winxp+linux: winxp don't detected by update-grub

fabritrento fabritrento at gmail.com
Sun Feb 23 21:39:55 UTC 2014 

Public bug reported:

on xubuntu 13.10 i have:

/etc/grub.d$ update-grub -v
grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 2.00-19ubuntu2.1

/etc/grub.d$ ls -la
totale 100
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 nov 12 23:16 .
drwxr-xr-x 158 root root 12288 feb 23 22:32 ..
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  7850 ott 23 22:44 00_header
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  5949 ago 15  2013 05_debian_theme
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 11479 ott 23 22:44 10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 10976 ott 14  2012 11_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 10258 ott 14  2012 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  1798 giu 17  2013 20_memtest86+
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 11531 ott 23 22:44 30_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  1426 ott 14  2012 30_uefi-firmware
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root   214 ott 14  2012 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root root   216 ott 14  2012 41_custom
-rw-r--r--   1 root root   483 ott 14  2012 README


root at xubuntu:/# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6f9a289f

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      718847      358400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          718848   163839999    81560576    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       163840000   184319999    10240000    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda4       184322046   234440703    25059329    5  Extended
/dev/sda5       184322048   230381567    23029760   83  Linux
/dev/sda6       230383616   234440703     2028544   82  Linux swap / Solaris

sda1 is windows 8.1 boot partition
sda2 is windows 8.1 os
sda3 is windows xp sp3
sda5 xubuntu


if i do: update-grub :

root at xubuntu:/# update-grub
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-15-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-14-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-13-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-33-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-33-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-27-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-27-generic
Found Windows 8 (loader) on /dev/sda1
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows 8 (loader) on /dev/sda1
done


so windows xp is not found.

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

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Title:
  win8.1+winxp+linux: winxp don't detected by update-grub

Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  on xubuntu 13.10 i have:

  /etc/grub.d$ update-grub -v
  grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 2.00-19ubuntu2.1

  /etc/grub.d$ ls -la
  totale 100
  drwxr-xr-x   2 root root  4096 nov 12 23:16 .
  drwxr-xr-x 158 root root 12288 feb 23 22:32 ..
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  7850 ott 23 22:44 00_header
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  5949 ago 15  2013 05_debian_theme
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 11479 ott 23 22:44 10_linux
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 10976 ott 14  2012 11_os-prober
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 10258 ott 14  2012 20_linux_xen
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  1798 giu 17  2013 20_memtest86+
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root 11531 ott 23 22:44 30_os-prober
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root  1426 ott 14  2012 30_uefi-firmware
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root   214 ott 14  2012 40_custom
  -rwxr-xr-x   1 root root   216 ott 14  2012 41_custom
  -rw-r--r--   1 root root   483 ott 14  2012 README

  
  root at xubuntu:/# fdisk -l

  Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
  Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
  Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
  Disk identifier: 0x6f9a289f

     Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
  /dev/sda1   *        2048      718847      358400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
  /dev/sda2          718848   163839999    81560576    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
  /dev/sda3       163840000   184319999    10240000    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
  /dev/sda4       184322046   234440703    25059329    5  Extended
  /dev/sda5       184322048   230381567    23029760   83  Linux
  /dev/sda6       230383616   234440703     2028544   82  Linux swap / Solaris

  sda1 is windows 8.1 boot partition
  sda2 is windows 8.1 os
  sda3 is windows xp sp3
  sda5 xubuntu

  
  if i do: update-grub :

  root at xubuntu:/# update-grub
  Generating grub.cfg ...
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-15-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-15-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-14-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.11.0-14-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.0-13-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-33-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-33-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-27-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-27-generic
  Found Windows 8 (loader) on /dev/sda1
  Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
  Found Windows 8 (loader) on /dev/sda1
  done

  
  so windows xp is not found.

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