Ubuntu
grub2 package

  1. Bug #445952
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 445952

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shemgp (shemgp) wrote : Re: grub2 does not work with kernel comandline arguments containing spaces

testing@hidden:~$ uname -ra
Linux notelf 2.6.31-13-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 9 17:42:36 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

testing@hidden:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-13-generic root=UUID=2d36e902-cd10-47a1-af4d-3eb85b8d97d6 ro memmap=0x100000$0x38900000 acpi_osi="!Windows 2006" splash

testing@hidden:~$ cat /etc/default/grub | grep GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX='memmap=0x100000\$0x38900000 '"acpi_osi=\\\"!Windows 2006\\\""

testing@hidden:~$ sudo cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg | grep memmap | head -n 1
[sudo] password for testing:
 linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-13-generic root=UUID=2d36e902-cd10-47a1-af4d-3eb85b8d97d6 ro memmap=0x100000\$0x38900000 acpi_osi=\"!Windows 2006\" splash

testing@hidden:~$ dmesg | grep ACPI | grep -i windows
[ 0.000000] ACPI: Deleted _OSI(Windows 2006)

I guess it's working?