[Bug 1447500] Re: Ubuntu creates cluttered Petitboot menu entries
Steve Langasek
steve.langasek at canonical.com
Fri Jan 13 16:02:05 UTC 2017
Hello bugproxy, or anyone else affected,
Accepted grub2 into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be
available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.7 in a
few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.
If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag
from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the
bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to
verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help
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Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
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advance!
** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
** Tags added: verification-needed
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Title:
Ubuntu creates cluttered Petitboot menu entries
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in grub2-signed package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Status in grub2 source package in Xenial:
Fix Committed
Status in grub2-signed source package in Xenial:
In Progress
Bug description:
[Impact]
PowerNV users.
[Test case]
== PowerNV ==
Needs to be done on a PowerNV system.
1) Install another operating system on a separate disk partition (such as Fedora or whatnot)
2) Install Ubuntu on a different partition.
2) Ensure os-prober isn't run and that all that is listed in grub is the Ubuntu entries, and that the Petitboot menu correctly lists only Ubuntu under the right partition, and doesn't duplicate the other installed operating system.
== Non-PowerNV ppc64el ==
To be run on non-powerNV systems (any of powerVM/powerKVM)
1) Install another operating system on a separate disk partition (see above)
2) Install Ubuntu on a different partition
3) Ensure the grub menu created by Ubuntu allows starting both operating systems.
[Regression Potential]
Due to the changes, os-prober not running to fill in the grub menu on a system with other operating systems installed (so as to list them in grub) would constitute a regression. Also, showing extra OSes again as retrieved from a partition's grub menu where os-prober should not have run.
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Problem Description
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Unlike PowerKVM and Fedora 21, Ubuntu 14.10 adds boot images from other disks to it's grub config which makes the Petitboot menu very cluttered.
Machine Type = 8286-42A
Steps to Reproduce
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Petitboot (dev.20150216) 8286-42A 107C53T
[Disk: sdc2 / c0c232c5-da92-427d-b23e-fa9f8ac6a525]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-309.el7_1.ppc64le
System information
System configuration
Language
Rescan devices
Retrieve config from URL
*Exit to shell
- I then installed Ubuntu 14.10 on a second drive:
Petitboot (dev.20150216)
8286-42A 107C53T
[Disk: sdc2 / c0c232c5-da92-427d-b23e-fa9f8ac6a525]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-309.el7_1.ppc64le
[Disk: sdb2 / cbe16446-c592-443d-971e-82ac66d07811]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-309.el7_1.ppc64le (on /dev/mapper/ibm
unknown Linux distribution (on /dev/mapper/ibmpkvm_vg_root-ibmpkvm_lv_root)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-31-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-31-generic
Ubuntu
System information
System configuration
Language
Rescan devices
Retrieve config from URL
*Exit to shell
- I then installed Fedora 21 a third drive:
Petitboot (dev.20150216)
8286-42A 107C53T
[Disk: sda2 / af68d8cd-6430-408a-b66d-397ccd5641b1]
Fedora, with Linux 0-rescue-979f4766a44f4658ae6c891a1e2d2e10
Fedora, with Linux 3.17.4-301.fc21.ppc64p7
[Disk: sdc2 / c0c232c5-da92-427d-b23e-fa9f8ac6a525]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-309.el7_1.ppc64le
[Disk: sdb2 / cbe16446-c592-443d-971e-82ac66d07811]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-309.el7_1.ppc64le (on /dev/mapper/ibm
unknown Linux distribution (on /dev/mapper/ibmpkvm_vg_root-ibmpkvm_lv_root)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-31-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-31-generic
Ubuntu
System information
System configuration
Language
Rescan devices
Retrieve config from URL
*Exit to shell
- I then reinstalled Ubuntu 14.10 on the second drive:
Petitboot (dev.20150216)
8286-42A 107C53T
*[Disk: sda2 / af68d8cd-6430-408a-b66d-397ccd5641b1]
Fedora, with Linux 0-rescue-979f4766a44f4658ae6c891a1e2d2e10
Fedora, with Linux 3.17.4-301.fc21.ppc64p7
[Disk: sdc2 / c0c232c5-da92-427d-b23e-fa9f8ac6a525]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-309.el7_1.ppc64le
[Disk: sdb2 / 0464ba94-dcfe-4b6e-841f-8a0a470562e1]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-309.el7_1.ppc64le (on /dev/mapper/ibm
unknown Linux distribution (on /dev/mapper/ibmpkvm_vg_root-ibmpkvm_lv_root)
Fedora, with Linux 0-rescue-979f4766a44f4658ae6c891a1e2d2e10 (on /dev/mappe
Fedora, with Linux 3.17.4-301.fc21.ppc64p7 (on /dev/mapper/fedora--server_t
Fedora release 21 (Twenty One) (on /dev/mapper/fedora--server_tul304p1-root
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-31-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-31-generic
Ubuntu
System information
System configuration
Language
Rescan devices
Retrieve config from URL
*Exit to shell
Install ISO Information: http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-
ports/dists/utopic/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot
/ubuntu-installer/ppc64el/
Userspace tool common name: grub2
The userspace tool has the following bit modes: 64-bit
Install method: HTTP
Userspace rpm: grub2-common
Install disk info: /dev/sda2
== Comment: #1 - Rolf Brudeseth <rolfb at us.ibm.com> - 2015-03-09 21:42:08 ==
Jeremy Kerr indicated that this is the fix:
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
In /etc/default/grub
== Comment: #3 - Rolf Brudeseth <rolfb at us.ibm.com> - 2015-03-10 01:42:40 ==
dude at tul304p1:/etc/default$ diff grub.orig grub
5a6
> GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true
dude at tul304p1:/etc/default$ sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinux-3.16.0-31-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-31-generic
done
- After a reboot:
Petitboot (dev.20150216)
8286-42A 107C53T
[Disk: sda2 / af68d8cd-6430-408a-b66d-397ccd5641b1]
Fedora, with Linux 0-rescue-979f4766a44f4658ae6c891a1e2d2e10
Fedora, with Linux 3.17.4-301.fc21.ppc64p7
[Disk: sdc2 / c0c232c5-da92-427d-b23e-fa9f8ac6a525]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-309.el7_1.ppc64le
[Disk: sdb2 / 0464ba94-dcfe-4b6e-841f-8a0a470562e1]
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-31-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-31-generic
Ubuntu
System information
System configuration
Language
Rescan devices
Retrieve config from URL
*Exit to shell
== Comment: #7 - Rolf Brudeseth <rolfb at us.ibm.com> - 2015-04-07 18:32:26 ==
This is with 15.04.
Petitboot (dev.20150326) 8286-42A 107C53T
[Disk: sdb2 / d484d832-fa95-4286-92ab-d5e533d1a121]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-312.el7_1.ppc64le
[Disk: sda2 / 2024aac1-7d09-458d-8485-685a432310d0]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-312.el7_1.ppc64le (on /dev/mapper/ibm
unknown Linux distribution (on /dev/mapper/ibmpkvm_vg_root-ibmpkvm_lv_root)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.19.0-12-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.19.0-12-generic
Ubuntu
System information
System configuration
Language
Rescan devices
Retrieve config from URL
*Exit to shell
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=15.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=vivid
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch)"
== Comment: #8 - Rolf Brudeseth <rolfb at us.ibm.com> - 2015-04-07 19:25:46 ==
I don't know if I have 14.10 or something newer.
I installed from the 'utopic-updates' URL:
http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/utopic-updates/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/ppc64el/
Petitboot (dev.20150326) 8286-42A 107C53T
[Disk: sdb2 / d484d832-fa95-4286-92ab-d5e533d1a121]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-312.el7_1.ppc64le
[Disk: sda2 / 901486ef-660b-4f1d-8d19-2f728a065cbf]
IBM_PowerKVM 3.1.0, with Linux 3.18.0-312.el7_1.ppc64le (on /dev/mapper/ibm
unknown Linux distribution (on /dev/mapper/ibmpkvm_vg_root-ibmpkvm_lv_root)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-33-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu, with Linux 3.16.0-33-generic
Ubuntu
System information
System configuration
Language
Rescan devices
Retrieve config from URL
*Exit to shell
dude at tul304p1:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=14.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=utopic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 14.10"
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