GRUB problem after upgrading to 10.04

[Tom H]

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:21 AM, Goh Lip <g.lip at gmx.com> wrote:
> On 05/02/2010 12:01 PM, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 11:37 PM, Goh Lip<g.lip at gmx.com>  wrote:
>>> On 05/02/2010 10:40 AM, user1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I mean that such an important part of an OS as the bootloader should work
>>>> out of the box and recognize all the other installed OS without any bugs.
>>>> If not a lot of people might get a heavy problem. *smile*
>>>
>>> Okay, I normally don't use 'sudo update-grub' myself. It's the most
>>> popular grub command. I'll use baby command 'grub-mkconfig -o
>>> /boot/grub/grub.cfg' or the grandmother of all grub commands
>>> 'grub-install /dev/sda' if all fails.
>>
>> update-grub just runs grub-mkconfig!
>>
>> # less /usr/sbin/update-grub
>> #!/bin/sh -e
>> exec grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg "$@"
>>
>> # less /usr/sbin/update-grub2
>> #!/bin/sh -e
>> exec update-grub "$@"
>
> Yes, I know. You pointed that out to me last time.  :)

Sorry. I'd forgotten that I had done so...


>> I have not followed this thread (except that I remember that the last
>> four Ubuntu's were cohabitating on the disk, each with its own grub;
>> my first thought was that I would uninstall three of them but I did
>> not want to suggest it and have to deal with any possible subsequent
>> problems...).
>>
>> Regarding the last para of user1's last post: The Ubuntu developers
>> feel the same way. After the release of 10.04, there was a migration
>> assistant problem (IIRC) whereby grub2's menu was only listing 10.04's
>> entries and an update-grub would have been needed to populate the menu
>> fully. They respun some/many/all the isos in order to correct the bug
>> in spite of the fact that it might have delayed 10.04's release enough
>> to warrant calling it 10.05.
>>
>
> Could be related to this bug..
> https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/570765

Yes, this looks like the thread that I had read.