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Re: [PATCH] util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in: Skip drivemap for Windows 8 to


From: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko
Subject: Re: [PATCH] util/grub.d/30_os-prober.in: Skip drivemap for Windows 8 to 19, Server 2012 and later
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 06:17:54 +0300

On Sat, Jan 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
>
> If Windows Vista, Seven and Server 2008 do not need drivemap,
> then later versions using bootmgr too should not need it either.
>
> Note:
> This patch checks Windows versions up to 19 because distinguishing 20
> from 2000 requires more complex logic. Hopefully Windows will drop
> BIOS/legacy boot support before version 20.
Frankly people though x86 would be long dead by now...

>         case ${LONGNAME} in
> -       Windows\ Vista*|Windows\ 7*|Windows\ Server\ 2008*)
> +       Windows\ Vista*|Windows\ [781]*|Windows\ Server\ 2008*|Windows\ 
> Server\ 20[1-9]*)

What happens to Windows 1.01 ? Or is it detected as MS-DOS?
-- 
Regards
Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko



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