grub is overwritten so that Windows does not appear on boot list

[jbfrank]

Whenever there is a major upgrade (kernel upgrade or new version), the grub list gets replaced and overwritten. Users that have Windows as a boot option will not be able anymore to boot into Windows until they manually edit the grub file (sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst) and enter the following:

title Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

A newbie cannot be asked to edit the grub menu.lst and I think the upgrades should take this into account.

[jbfrank (jbfrank)]

sowwy...
thanks,
cheski

----- Original Message ----
From: Tormod Volden <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:57:09 PM
Subject: [Bug 156092] Re: grub is overwritten so that Windows does not appear on boot list

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 75712 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/75712

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 75712
   Kernel update hoses grub's menu.lst

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grub is overwritten so that Windows does not appear on boot list
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