grub doesn't boot windows from a non-first disk

Bug #141109 reported by Dave roi
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grub (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: grub

Hi,

Feisty managed to recognize a second windows XP installed on a non-first hard drive.
Gutsy did not.

Please tell me which files I need to send to debug this.
Thanks.
Dave.

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David Voge (david.v) wrote :

Hi Dave,
If you have Installed Windows after a GNU/Linux distribution like Ubuntu with Bootloader Grub. You have the probleme with the MBR on your Harddisk.
The MBR is 512 Byte and the startpoint with partition table for the following boot process of your system.
If you install Ubuntu with Grub there will be put the bootloader into.
If you installed Windows after Ubuntu the MBR will be new described, but not with Grub Files.

You can reinstall Grub with grub-install
A hint for the process about reinstall grub into MBR (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GrubHowto)

* If you want to reinstall run a live-cd open a terminal.
use the follow command's for this
(example with a IDE Harddisk)

sudo mount /dev/hda2 /mnt
sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/hda

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Evan (ev) wrote :

Dave,

The output of `sudo os-prober` and, after you run that, /var/log/syslog should be sufficient.

Thanks!

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Adam Niedling (krychek) wrote :

Original reporter is not sending the requested output. I'm setting this to incomplete.

Changed in grub:
status: New → Incomplete
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Mackenzie Morgan (maco.m) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in grub:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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