[Bug 1498168] Re: update-grub does not detect Windows 10

Antonio Querubin tony at lavanauts.org
Tue Sep 29 11:55:01 UTC 2015


** Project changed: linuxmint => os-prober (Ubuntu)

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Title:
   update-grub does not detect Windows 10

Status in os-prober:
  New
Status in os-prober package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Running Linux Mint 17.2

  update-grub uses os-prober to detect Windows versions but currently
  detects Windows 10 as Windows Recovery Environment .  The patch below
  fixes this.

  Patch for /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/20microsoft:

  --- ./20microsoft	2015/09/21 19:22:31	1.1
  +++ ./20microsoft	2015/09/21 19:38:21
  @@ -31,7 +31,9 @@
   	for boot in $(item_in_dir boot "$2"); do
   		bcd=$(item_in_dir bcd "$2/$boot")
   		if [ -n "$bcd" ]; then
  -			if grep -qs "W.i.n.d.o.w.s. .8" "$2/$boot/$bcd"; then
  +			if grep -qs "W.i.n.d.o.w.s. .1.0" "$2/$boot/$bcd"; then
  +				long="Windows 10 (loader)"
  +			elif grep -qs "W.i.n.d.o.w.s. .8" "$2/$boot/$bcd"; then
   				long="Windows 8 (loader)"
   			elif grep -qs "W.i.n.d.o.w.s. .7" "$2/$boot/$bcd"; then
   				long="Windows 7 (loader)"

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