[Bug 486499] [NEW] Grub2: Windows 7 infinite reboot loop

[trizicus]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: grub2

This bug is one of the most annoying I've ever run into. There is a work
around that I found on Ubuntu. However obviously nothing has been done
to fix this problem; so I'm reporting it today so it can be fixed soon
:)

This bug is ALWAYS repeatable. If you want to confirm it install Windows
7 (Vista will work) update grub and reboot. Windows will try to start
and it'll fail.

NO THE GRUB2 WORKAROUND LISTED IN THE WIKI DOES NOT WORK!
(https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2)

The solution can be found in this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=8363434#post8363434

menuentry "Windows 7 (on /dev/sdb1)" 
{
      insmod ntfs
      set root=(hd1,1)
      chainloader +1
}
(obviously has to be adjusted according to your Windows partition)

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Nov 21 20:26:31 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: grub2 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: grub2
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
XsessionErrors:
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1715): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (gnome-settings-daemon:1715): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_propagate_error: assertion `src != NULL' failed
 (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1840): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
 (nautilus:1813): Eel-CRITICAL **: eel_preferences_get_boolean: assertion `preferences_is_initialized ()' failed

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386

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Grub2: Windows 7 infinite reboot loop
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