[Bug 376879] [NEW] grub2 installer modifies grub 0.97 menu.lst incorrectly and fails to chainload grub2

[Colin King]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: grub2

Discovered on Jaunty and Karmic. After installing grub2, it modifies the
currently installed grub 0.97 menu.lst configuration file to chainload
grub2 to allow one to test grub2 before committing to it as the default
boot loader.

However, grub2 modifies the menu.lst entry and adds the incorrect
command to select the partition to boot from to chain load grub2. It
uses:

root   7cce46fe-4883-44bb-939b-58b9483f2739

and should be:

uuid  7cce46fe-4883-44bb-939b-58b9483f2739

I suspect it was originally correct before grub 0.97 has UUID support
added.

Attached: png of the failed boot, and a png showing the erroneous
partition selection command.

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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grub2 installer modifies grub 0.97 menu.lst incorrectly and fails to chainload grub2
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/376879
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