Bug#586370: os-prober: Misdetected Fedora 13 install in /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@googlemail.com>]

Package: os-prober
Version: 1.38
Severity: normal

Hi,

I have installed Fedora 13 on an external USB 1TByte harddisk and wanted to integrate it into grub2 on my notebook.

Unfortunately, I can't start F13 from grub2 boot-menue.
I get an error on UUID "e87da235-0c58-4e83-a8c8-aab9bf994285".

I have attached the /boot/grub/grub.cfg from my debian/sid system.
Also, the /boot/grub/menu.lst and /boot/grub/device.map from the F13 system.
FYI: Fedora uses still a patched grub-legacy ("grub1") as default.

The funny thing is:
Installing F13's grub1 to USB-hdd's MBR gives a "geom error" back.
Might be a "distro flamewar feature" :-).

Kind Regards,
- Sedat -

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-rc3-iniza-686-kms (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to de_DE.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages os-prober depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.11.2-1   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib

os-prober recommends no packages.

os-prober suggests no packages.

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