Windows versions identification needs an update in osdect.cfg

Windows versions identification needs an update in osdect.cfg

[Didier Spaier]

Hello,

didier[/data/GitHub/grub]$ grep Windows docs/osdetect.cfg
	menuentry "Windows Vista bootmgr (on $device)" $device {
	menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP loader (on $device)" $device {
	menuentry "Windows 98/ME (on $device)" $device {

Could this file be updated for Windows 7,8,8.1,10?

If this is a wrong list for such a request, where should I post it?

Best,

Didier

  

Re: Windows versions identification needs an update in osdect.cfg

[Mihai Moldovan]

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* On 7/12/19 12:27 AM, Didier Spaier wrote:
> didier[/data/GitHub/grub]$ grep Windows docs/osdetect.cfg
> 	menuentry "Windows Vista bootmgr (on $device)" $device {
> 	menuentry "Windows NT/2000/XP loader (on $device)" $device {
> 	menuentry "Windows 98/ME (on $device)" $device {
> 
> Could this file be updated for Windows 7,8,8.1,10?

The Vista bootmgr entry should be good for all versions up to 10 currently. But...


> If this is a wrong list for such a request, where should I post it?

Well, probably not wrong, but osdetect.cfg looks pretty much unused. It's not
installed by default, so in reality it should be just dropped I guess.

grub is using os-prober for OS detection nowadays and that handles the mentioned
Windows versions just fine (and creates a generic label, e.g., "Windows Boot
Manager (on ...)"). See util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in.



Mihai


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