Grub 2 in Jaunty/Karmic can break double boot configuration

[NoOp]

On 10/02/2009 03:08 PM, Lucio M Nicolosi wrote:
> Running Jaunty AMD64 at (hd0,8). Tried to install Karmic Beta
> (sept/29) from Live CD at a new partition (hd0,0) to no avail.
> Wondering about conflicts between grub and grub2 (standard at Karmic),
> installed grub2 on Jaunty.
> 
> Grub2 install set boot parameter to (default) (hd0,0) and
> corresponding (wrong) UUID, thus making Jaunty boot impossible.
> 
> Booted from a Live CD, fixed things up (grub2 install leaves a backup
> of original menu.lst) but do not intend to test Karmic before this
> issue is addressed.
> 
> This bug is already listed at Grub2 but not at Karmic.
> 
> I believe that anyone with multiple boot configuration should approach
> Karmic carefully.
> 
> Unless I messed things up completely...
> 

Did you read these before attempting?
http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/beta
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Grub2Testing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/376879