[Bug 1482851] Re: Windows 10 is detected as Windows 8
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre
mathieu.tl at gmail.com
Tue Jan 12 16:28:01 UTC 2016
Reviewed this, I'll sponsor the SRU in a moment.
** Also affects: os-prober (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: os-prober (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: New => In Progress
** Changed in: os-prober (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
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Title:
Windows 10 is detected as Windows 8
Status in os-prober package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in os-prober source package in Trusty:
In Progress
Bug description:
[Impact]
Windows 10 not detected corrected during or after installation]
[Test Case]
One possibility below. Another is to have Windows 10 already on eg
pre-installed machine and installing Ubuntu on it.
[Regression Potential]
None, the patch is trivial if no typos slip through..
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Steps to reproduce:
* Clean pc
* Install Windows 8.1, let it use the entire disk
* Dual boot installation Ubuntu 15.04.
* Verify that that Grub shows Windows 8 when booting up
* Verify that you can boot into Windows from the grub menu
* Verify that you can boot into Ubuntu from the grub menu
* Verify that os-prober detects "Windows 8 (loader)" on sda1
* Upgrade Windows 8.1 to Windows 10
* (Additional steps may be required to restore grub after Windows upgrade)
* Verify that you can boot into Windows 10 from the grub menu
* Verify that you can boot into Ubuntu from the grub menu
* Run os-prober
Expected result:
/dev/sda1:Windows 10 (loader):Windows:chain
Actual result:
/dev/sda1:Windows 8 (loader):Windows:chain
Ubuntu 15.04
os-prober 1.63ubuntu1
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