Post Update - Grub Warning - Configuring Grub-PC

[JKyleOKC]

Just a FYI note for Fred and Yann. The initial post says:

My system has:
Service partition dev/sda1
System Reserved (bootable) dev/sda2
Win7 dev/sda3
Extended container dev/sda4
Linux File Sys dev/sda5
Linux Swap dev/sda6

That's a pretty solid indication that Ace's system is MBR Legacy, not UEFI!

And I agree with Ace that the report from Boot-Repair is far better than the one usually recommended, especially since it makes the report available from other machines!

[Ace.....]

So what is the current thinking?

The final section of bootinfo report states:

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=================== Final advice in case of recommended repair
Please do not forget to make your BIOS boot on sda (500GB) disk!
The boot files of [The OS now in use - Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS] are far from the start of the disk.
Your BIOS may not detect them.
You may want to retry after creating a /boot partition (EXT4, >200MB, start of the disk).
This can be performed via tools such as gParted.
Then select this partition via the [Separate /boot partition:] option of [Boot Repair].
(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootPartition)

=================== Default settings Recommended-Repair
This setting would reinstall the grub2 of sda5 into the MBRs of all disks (except USB without OS).
Additional repair would be performed:
unhide-bootmenu-10s
fix-windows-boot
***********

I note the report states:
"Final advice in case of recommended repair"

Does that mean 'it is recommending repair', or in case I need to repair..

I also note that an additional repair would be performed re:
"unhide-bootmenu-10s fix-windows-boot"

So, should I run repair?

[JKyleOKC]

My rule is "When it works, don't fix it." If things are working properly for you, just leave it as-is. Those warnings and suggestions are generic, and don't necessarily indicate problems in every case.

[YannBuntu]

My rule is "When it works, don't fix it." If things are working properly for you, just leave it as-is. Those warnings and suggestions are generic, and don't necessarily indicate problems in every case.

+1

Happy Ubuntu-ing

[Ace.....]

That's great.
Thanks to everybody who has contributed.

This is another problem that we can mark as solved.