grub2 fails to include Windows Vista entry in GRUB menu

[Stephen Cradock]

Testing Quantal, I have been noticing that the newest grub2 (versions 2.00......) do not present an option in the GRUB menu to boot into Windows Vista (dev/sda2); they do, however, offer booting into the Windows Recovery partition (dev/sda1). In consequence, to allow dual-booting Ubuntu/Vista I have to continue to use grub2 in Precise as the GRUB master (as versions 1.99..... correctly offer both /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2) or hand-craft a 40_custom file to add the Vista entry at the end of the menu.

The first is problematic, as running a multi-boot machine with both Precise and Quantal leads to multiple GRUB entries for Quantal in the Precise GRUB menu (another bug?). The scond should not be necessary if os-prober is doing its job correctly.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: grub-pc 2.00-7ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.24-generic 3.5.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Sep 28 21:34:48 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120527)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Stephen Cradock (s-cradock)]

I see that the fix for LP #1051306 (grub2 2.00-7ubuntu10) has resolved this problem.

Thanks Colin Watson!