Ubuntu
grub2 package

Grub2: "grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition"

Bug #883109 reported by Jeffrey Walton
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub2 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

This machine does not have the horse power for VMs, so its got 9 OS in spread across 2 disks. On the second disk, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris are all primary (plus one unused primary).

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# cd /boot/
# ls
abi-2.6.38-12-generic memtest86+_multiboot.bin
config-2.6.38-12-generic System.map-2.6.38-12-generic
grub vmcoreinfo-2.6.38-12-generic
initrd.img-2.6.38-12-generic vmlinuz-2.6.38-12-generic
memtest86+.bin
# update-grub2
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
Generating grub.cfg ...
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-12-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.38-12-generic
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Windows Vista (loader) on /dev/sda1
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
Found Fedora release 14 (Laughlin) on /dev/sda10
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
Found Fedora release 15 (Lovelock) on /dev/sda8
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
Found Ubuntu 11.10 (11.10) on /dev/sda9
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos2).
/usr/sbin/grub-probe: warn: Discarding improperly nested partition (hd1,openbsd10,msdos3).
Found unknown Linux distribution on /dev/sdb1
Found unknown Linux distribution on /dev/sdb14
Found unknown Linux distribution on /dev/sdb17
Found unknown Linux distribution on /dev/sdb5
done
root@germain:/boot#

Revision history for this message
Andrew Cranwell (andrew-cranwell) wrote :

Can you provide your partition table info, e.g. the output of 'fdisk -l'?

Revision history for this message
Jeffrey Walton (noloader) wrote :

$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for jeffrey:

Disk /dev/sda: 164.7 GB, 164696555520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 20023 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000aeb54

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4 32098+ 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 5 20024 160800769 5 Extended
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5 5 3921 31457280 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 3921 9143 41943040 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda7 9143 11754 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 11754 14365 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 14365 16976 20971520 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 16976 19587 20972544 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 19587 20024 3507200 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 40.0 GB, 40000000000 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4863 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xb9e6b9e6

   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1306 10485760 a5 FreeBSD
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2 1306 2611 10485760 a6 OpenBSD
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb3 * 2611 4863 18088960 bf Solaris
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
$

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Jeffrey Walton (noloader) wrote :

Something else is a bit odd. Ubuntu 11.10 is listed 3 times in the boot menu:

Ubuntu #11.04
Ubuntu (recovery) #11.04
MemTest
Windows Vista (sda1)
fedora 14 (sda10)
fedora 15 (sda8)
Ubuntu 11.10 (sda3)
Ubuntu 11.10 (sda3)
Ubuntu 11.10 (sda3)
Windows XP (sda5)
FreeBSD (sdb1)
OpenBSD (sdb2)
OpenSolaris (sdb3)
# sdb4 unused at the moment

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Jeffrey Walton (noloader) wrote :
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Jeffrey Walton (noloader) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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