[bug #34965] Fails to boot WinXP (error: no such device) when UUIDs match

[Larry Johnson]

URL:
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                 Summary: Fails to boot WinXP (error: no such device) when
UUIDs match
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: keepitsimpleeng
            Submitted on: Thu 01 Dec 2011 09:10:38 PM GMT
                Category: Booting
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: Larry Johnson
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Grub verion 1.99 from Ubuntu x86 10.10 Desktop CD clean install.

After install, grub will not launch Windows, although Windows launches with
BIOS boot disk selection.

Verified UUID correct...
address@hidden:~# blkid
/dev/sda1: TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda2: LABEL="SATA2_01__D" UUID="23181E9787F9E1A6" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda3: LABEL="DRIVE_W" UUID="D71A-96E7" TYPE="vfat"
/dev/sdc1: LABEL="SATA_01_Csys_10k" UUID="6258C1DF8F242D86" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdd1: LABEL="SATA_01_D_10k" UUID="6947F57DE005AA85" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdd5: LABEL="SATA2_01_E" UUID="4BC2AEB11E651F37" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdd6: LABEL="SATA2_01_D_BU_101222" UUID="2D2D0850B3A6BE7B" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL="SATA2_02_L" UUID="EF0625F841CA9127" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sde3: UUID="c713bb8e-f6d3-4269-935e-c9c86804f0a8" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sde5: LABEL="IDE_01_G" UUID="1989E973D755FDC1" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sde6: UUID="15efbdad-ec18-43a9-bd80-6053c13624a7" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sde7: UUID="5c7f6d42-ad53-4a4a-befc-48e2d1594c31" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sde8: UUID="bfc3f076-462c-4c16-8bd2-509b51ba0e01" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sdf1: LABEL="IDE_02_H" UUID="34709ADA709AA262" TYPE="ntfs"

from /boot/grub/grub.cfg
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Microsoft Windows XP Professional (on /dev/sdc1)" --class windows
--$
        savedefault
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ntfs
        set root='(hd2,msdos1)'
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 6258C1DF8F242D86
        drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
        chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

tried the workaround @
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:search

Commenting out three lines in /usr/lib/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib (Step 4)

This bricked grub2, booting 11.10 gets "error: no such partition"
and booting Windows gets: "error: invalid signature"

Undoing the changes (using chroot and the LiveCD) and rerunnin update-grub
restored the original grub boot process.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: grub-pc 1.99-12ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic 3.0.6
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 25 11:48:42 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Filed Ubuntu bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/896391

Attached: RESULTS.txt from bootinfoscript from
http://bootinfoscript.sourceforge.net/

Changes to grub.cfg as a result of workaround






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Date: Thu 01 Dec 2011 09:10:38 PM GMT  Name: RESULTS.txt  Size: 21kB   By:
keepitsimpleeng

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Date: Thu 01 Dec 2011 09:10:38 PM GMT  Name: 11.10 grub problem.txt  Size: 2kB
  By: keepitsimpleeng

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=24516>

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