Ubuntu 15.04 install lists wrong other OSes in login screen

[Jim]

this may be a Linux error but it occurs on Ubuntu 15.4 install. I also run Win XP because of some software that doesn't run on Ubuntu. The login list created by Ubuntu lists two OSes, one that hasn't been on my computer for several years (WinXP 64 bit) and one that I deleted the disk partition it was installed on (Win 7), created a new partition in that space, and reformatted it as NTFS. But the two entries on my Win XP boot drive boot.ini file are NOT listed in the Ubuntu boot list. In fact, if you select the entry for Win 7, it takes you to the Win XP boot list. This is a glaring install error that needs to be fixed. Why does Linux-Ubuntu not check the boot.ini file and put those in the Ubuntu boot list screen? Why are non-existent OSes listed instead. A major bug.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.

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[Jim (gje975)]

I looked at the "Bugs/FindingRightPackage" page and it said "plymouth" was the package for boot screen bugs. But this may not be correct as this error appears when ubuntu is being installed. There is no install ubuntu package listed. Please help if this is not the correct package.

[Jim (gje975)]

Thanks to Brian Murray for directing this to the correct group. ("ubiquity" should be changed to "installer" or something intelligible so it is clear what the package does.) But I have a question, where does ubiquity (or grub) get the bogus list of 2 OSes that are no longer on my computer, particularly the one that hasn't been there for 3-4 years? That is probably where the problem is. The correct list it should use is in the boot.ini file on my C: drive Windows XP boot disk. Why doesn't ubiquity (or grub) get the list from there? Micro$oft hasn't produced a decent OS for almost 15 years, it's a failing company (like IBM was 25 years ago). I'd really like to abandon Micro$oft and use only ubuntu, but I think there is a little more work to be done here. (Just my 2 cents.)

[Jim (gje975)]

I made an error. This bug occurred on ubuntu 15.10.4 install, but I confused the numbers and put ubuntu 14.5 in the title and 15.4 in the description. I don't know how I can edit the title and body to correct these errors. If anyone can correct them please do. I don't want to confuse people. Ubuntu improves so much with each version the correct version number needs to be in the bug report.

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. If you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
apport-collect 1520842

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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