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bug #59803: grub-mkconfig omits insmod chain in Windows 10 menu entry

Submitter:  Reed Lawson <yoreed>
Submitted:  Sat 02 Jan 2021 05:09:09 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Configuration Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Software Error
Status:  None Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name:  Reed Lawson
Open/Closed:  Open Release:  2.02
Release:  Reproducibility:  Every Time
Planned Release:  None

Sat 02 Jan 2021 06:31:09 PM UTC, comment #1: 

WOW! Never mind! .. I just went back and tried the version without "insmod chain" and it works fine. That's odd. Not sure why it was not working at first, but I do not think me adding "insmod chain" had anything to do with it. So I'll close this if  Ican figure out how. :-)  Happy New Year!

Reed Lawson <yoreed>
Sat 02 Jan 2021 05:09:09 PM UTC, original submission:  

using grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 2.02-2ubuntu8.20 generates the following menuentry for the dos Windows 10 partition on my SSD located at /dev/sdd1

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry 'Windows 10 (on /dev/sdd1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-3676E6BD76E67CCD' {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ntfs
set root='hd3,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd3,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd3,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci3,msdos1  3676E6BD76E67CCD
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 3676E6BD76E67CCD
fi
parttool ${root} hidden-
drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
chainloader +1
}
set timeout_style=menu
if [ "${timeout}" = 0 ]; then
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

When used, the message:

A disk read error occured
Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart

is shown on the display.

I noticed that in the manual here:
https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html_node/Chain_002dloading.html#Chain_002dloading

The line "insmod chain" appears.
Adding "insmod chain" to the menuentry above right after "insmod part_msdos" results in a good boot up of Windows 10 when used.

So it would appear that grub-mkconfig omits the "insmod chain" line for some reason.

fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sdb: 2.7 TiB, 3000592982016 bytes, 5860533168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 3036FC6B-AA82-624E-9F61-20FC65AF51A8

Device        Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sdb1      2040       2055         16    8K Linux swap
/dev/sdb2  31250432 5860532223 5829281792  2.7T Microsoft basic data


Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x4e1210f4

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *     2048 500117503 500115456 238.5G 83 Linux


Disk /dev/sdc: 2.7 TiB, 3000592982016 bytes, 5860533168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 5FC5A0D0-AD43-9F48-B14E-46B14BE93AF4

Device        Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sdc1      2040       2055         16    8K Linux swap
/dev/sdc2  31250432 5860532223 5829281792  2.7T Microsoft basic data


Disk /dev/sdd: 223.6 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x6ad0aa4d

Device     Boot Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1  *     2048 468858879 468856832 223.6G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT

uname -a
Linux miranda 5.4.0-58-generic #64~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 9 17:11:11 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hope this helps!
- Reed

Reed Lawson <yoreed>

 

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Attached Files
file #50614:  grub.cfg.broken added by yoreed (14KiB - application/octet-stream - broken was generated by grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 2.02-2ubuntu8.20. working was manually edited to add "insmod chain" in the windows menuentry)
file #50615:  grub.cfg.working added by yoreed (14KiB - application/octet-stream - broken was generated by grub-mkconfig (GRUB) 2.02-2ubuntu8.20. working was manually edited to add "insmod chain" in the windows menuentry)

 

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    2021-01-02 yoreed Attached File- Added grub.cfg.broken, #50614
        Attached File- Added grub.cfg.working, #50615

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