Brian grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> On Sat 31 Aug 2013 at 09:23:40 -0700, David Guntner wrote:
>
>> Well, too late on "before you try that," but I had looked at the
>> partition. None of those files existed on that drive (or partition).
>>
>> I've been using it as a sort of backup type of partition, mounted as
>> /backup (until I have time to install backuppc and get it all
>> configured; I've just been doing an rsync to the drive). Since I was
>> backing up *everything*, I suppose there's a possibility that it saw
>> /backup/boot/[...] and acted on it, thought that seems an odd behavior
>
> os-prober mounts the partition. Since you backed up everything surely it
> will see /boot, /boot/grub /etc etc. In an earlier mail you had
>
> > Found Debian GNU/Linux (6.0.7) on /dev/sdb1
>
> The only way for that line to be generated is for an /etc/debian_version
> file to be found on the partition. Please see
>
> /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro
>
>> to me. I'm running the rsync again right now; when it completes I'll
>> run update-grub again and see if it mysteriously adds the extra entry
>> again. Then we'll know for sure.
>
> Why would it be mysterious?
Because it makes no sense to me, whatsoever, as to why it would be
pulling in information from areas that are traditionally not booted
from. Like, for example, under /backup. So for me, it's a mystery.
There's probably a reason for it, but I don't know what it is.
--Dave
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