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emc
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 Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:36 pm Post subject: move to grub2 |
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Hi,
I finally decide to move to grub2, but I have some doubts how to do is properly. My current grub looks like:
| Code: | boot # cat grub/grub.conf
default 2
timeout 2
splashimage=(hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Windows 7
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
title=Gentoo Geek Linux (3.11.10-geek) 11geek10_2
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,4)/kernel-11geek10_2-x86_64-3.11.10-geek radeon.modeset=1 video=1366x768-24@60 rootfstype=ext4 root=/dev/sda7 splash=silent,theme:livecd-2007.0 console=tty1 quiet
initrd (hd0,4)/initramfs-11geek10_2-x86_64-3.11.10-geek
title=Gentoo PostFactum Linux (3.19.0-pf1) 19fp2
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,4)/kernel-19pf2-x86_64-3.19.0-pf1 radeon.modeset=1 video=1366x768-24@60 rootfstype=ext4 root=/dev/sda7 splash=silent,theme:livecd-2007.0 console=tty1 quiet
initrd (hd0,4)/initramfs-19pf2-x86_64-3.19.0-pf1
title=Gentoo PostFactum Linux (3.19.0-pf1) 19fp1
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,4)/kernel-19pf1-x86_64-3.19.0-pf1 radeon.modeset=1 video=1366x768-24@60 rootfstype=ext4 root=/dev/sda7 splash=silent,theme:livecd-2007.0 console=tty1 quiet
initrd (hd0,4)/initramfs-19pf1-x86_64-3.19.0-pf1
title=Gentoo PostFactum Linux (3.17.0-pf4) 17fp4
root (hd0,6)
kernel (hd0,4)/kernel-17pf4-x86_64-3.17.0-pf4 radeon.modeset=1 video=1366x768-24@60 rootfstype=ext4 root=/dev/sda7 splash=silent,theme:livecd-2007.0 console=tty1 quiet
initrd (hd0,4)/initramfs-17pf4-x86_64-3.17.0-pf4 |
And my /dev/sda drive looks like:
| Code: | Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 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: 0xa9c4c810
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 * 2048 206847 204800 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2 206848 137832447 137625600 65.6G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3 137832448 976668671 838836224 400G 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 137834496 138096639 262144 128M 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 138098688 159070207 20971520 10G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 159072256 578502655 419430400 200G 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 578504704 976668671 398163968 189.9G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
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- sda1 - win7 sys reserved
- sda2 - win7 c drive
- sda3 - extended partition
- sda5 - boot
- sda6 - swap
- sda7 - root
- sda8 - win d drive
According to grub2 migration wiki page should I run?
| Code: | | grub2-install --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda7 |
or /dev/sda instead?
And what's about win7 entry how to migrate? |
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Roman_Gruber
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| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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I usually use the grub 2 from linux mint when i set up my boxes.
any reason why to switch over? as long you do not have any needs and can boot anythign you need ...
I only use grub2 on my boxes because at the time i installed it the first time it was kinda experimental and mint shipped with that. where gentoo used grub 1 at that time ..
the syntax is quite similar. but careful to get rid of all the unecessary bloat of the grub2. boot script => grub.cfg
the autogenreated configs i saw here from gentoo grub2 and mint grub2 are kinda bloated and complicated. half of the statements can be removed and makes the hole config more readable.
careful, when you use the autogenearte / complete / grub2 scripts tehy will erase your grub.cfg. the mint updater gui erased without confirmation my grub.cfg and i did not had a backup and i did not find a backup in that directory too. happened a few weeks ago.
custom boot entries belong to the 40 ... custom section of grub2 which is kinda lets say "bullshit" and a design flaw itself. and you need to add those entries to some sort of /etc direcgtory so the grub script than moves it to boot which is kinda complicated. i think thats the way how it was intended to work. |
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| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
set have_grubenv=true
load_env
fi
set default="4"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n "${have_grubenv}" ]; then if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos2)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a0f74936-7c80-401d-9c33-98408f9603d0
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1920x1200x32
load_video
insmod gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 68e44433-b86e-4865-bb33-75c23b8d09ff
set locale_dir=($root)/grub/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=20
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
if background_color 0,0,0; then
clear
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=white/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/06_mint_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
if [ ${recordfail} != 1 ]; then
if [ -e ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt ]; then
if hwmatch ${prefix}/gfxblacklist.txt 3; then
if [ ${match} = 0 ]; then
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=keep
fi
else
set linux_gfx_mode=text
fi
export linux_gfx_mode
if [ "$linux_gfx_mode" != "text" ]; then load_video; fi
menuentry 'Linux Mint 12 LXDE, 3.0.0-12-generic (/dev/sda1)' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
set gfxpayload=$linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 68e44433-b86e-4865-bb33-75c23b8d09ff
linux /vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=a0f74936-7c80-401d-9c33-98408f9603d0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
initrd /initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic
}
menuentry 'Linux Mint 12 LXDE, 3.0.0-12-generic (/dev/sda1) -- recovery mode' --class linuxmint --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 68e44433-b86e-4865-bb33-75c23b8d09ff
echo 'Loading Linux 3.0.0-12-generic ...'
linux /vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=a0f74936-7c80-401d-9c33-98408f9603d0 ro recovery nomodeset
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic
}
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Lots of bloatware and autogenerated. you probably get a similar config when you use those grub scripts.
I removed the gentoo configs below because I use a very special setup which is not that common.
just to compare, the grub1 configs are much more better to read and to understand...
grub2 for gentoo, single entry + the above junk which is autogenerated, can be as small as this:
menuentry ' 3.10.67-gentoo_2015_02_05 ' {
linux /3.10.70-gentoo_2015_02_28 init=linuxrc vga=17d ramdisk=8192 crypt_root=... realroot=... dolvm net.ifnames=0
initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-3.5.3-gentoo_Sept_2012
}
and i suggest you specify root and all stuff needed to boot the box. |
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emc
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| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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| you convince me to stick with grub:0 |
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emc
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| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| anyway grub2-themes are really nice ;( |
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frostschutz
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| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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GRUB2 is really nice - if you write your own config. I don't know why the autogenerated ones are so horrible.
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set default=0
set timeout=15
set root=(hd0,msdos2)
menuentry "Default Linux" {
linux "/EIS/bzImage-default"
initrd "/early-microcode.img"
}
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Basically that's my config (the part that matters).
Plus a bunch of Live CDs and other stuff.
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submenu "Live CD >" {
submenu "ArchLinux >" {
menuentry "ArchLinux 2015.07.01 amd64" {
set isofile="archlinux-2015.07.01-dual.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisolabel=ARCH_201507 img_dev=/dev/disk/by-label/boot_iso img_loop=$isofile earlymodules=loop
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
}
menuentry "ArchLinux 2015.07.01 i686" {
set isofile="archlinux-2015.07.01-dual.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/arch/boot/i686/vmlinuz archisolabel=ARCH_201507 img_dev=/dev/disk/by-label/boot_iso img_loop=$isofile earlymodules=loop
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/i686/archiso.img
}
menuentry "ArchLinux 2014.07.03 amd64" {
set isofile="archlinux-2014.07.03-dual.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/vmlinuz archisolabel=ARCH_201407 img_dev=/dev/disk/by-label/boot_iso img_loop=$isofile earlymodules=loop
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/x86_64/archiso.img
}
menuentry "ArchLinux 2014.07.03 i686" {
set isofile="archlinux-2014.07.03-dual.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/arch/boot/i686/vmlinuz archisolabel=ARCH_201407 img_dev=/dev/disk/by-label/boot_iso img_loop=$isofile earlymodules=loop
initrd (loop)/arch/boot/i686/archiso.img
}
}
submenu "Debian >" {
menuentry "Debian jessie amd64 netinst" {
linux /debian/jessie-amd64-linux
initrd /debian/jessie-amd64-initrd
}
menuentry "Debian jessie i386 netinst" {
linux /debian/jessie-i386-linux
initrd /debian/jessie-i386-initrd
}
menuentry "Debian wheezy amd64 netinst" {
linux /debian/wheezy-amd64-linux
initrd /debian/wheezy-amd64-initrd
}
menuentry "Debian wheezy i386 netinst" {
linux /debian/wheezy-i386-linux
initrd /debian/wheezy-i386-initrd
}
menuentry "Debian squeeze amd64 netinst" {
linux /debian/squeeze-amd64-linux
initrd /debian/squeeze-amd64-initrd
}
menuentry "Debian squeeze i386 netinst" {
linux /debian/squeeze-i386-linux
initrd /debian/squeeze-i386-initrd
}
}
submenu "grml >" {
menuentry "grml64-full - release 2013.09" {
set isofile="grml64-full_2013.09.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/boot/grml64full/vmlinuz apm=power-off boot=live live-media-path=/live/grml64-full/ bootid=grml64full201309 findiso=$isofile apm=power-off vga=791 nomce
initrd (loop)/boot/grml64full/initrd.img
}
menuentry "grml32-full - release 2013.09" {
set isofile="grml32-full_2013.09.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/boot/grml32full/vmlinuz apm=power-off boot=live live-media-path=/live/grml32-full/ bootid=grml32full201309 findiso=$isofile apm=power-off vga=791 nomce
initrd (loop)/boot/grml32full/initrd.img
}
}
submenu "KNOPPIX >" {
menuentry "KNOPPIX 7.2.0 CD" {
set isofile="KNOPPIX_V7.2.0CD-2013-06-16-EN.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/boot/isolinux/linux bootfrom=/dev/sda3/$isofile acpi=off keyboard=us language-us
initrd (loop)/boot/isolinux/minirt.gz
}
menuentry "KNOPPIX 7.2.0 DVD" {
set isofile="KNOPPIX_V7.2.0DVD-2013-06-16-EN.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/boot/isolinux/linux bootfrom=/dev/sda3/$isofile acpi=off keyboard=us language-us
initrd (loop)/boot/isolinux/minirt.gz
}
}
submenu "Lubuntu >" {
menuentry "Lubuntu 14.04 Desktop amd64" {
set isofile="lubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Lubuntu 14.04 Desktop i386" {
set isofile="lubuntu-14.04-desktop-i386.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Lubuntu 13.10 Desktop amd64" {
set isofile="lubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Lubuntu 13.10 Desktop i386" {
set isofile="lubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Lubuntu 13.04 Desktop amd64" {
set isofile="lubuntu-13.04-desktop-amd64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Lubuntu 13.04 Desktop i386" {
set isofile="lubuntu-13.04-desktop-i386.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
}
submenu "openSUSE >" {
menuentry "openSUSE 13.2 KDE Live amd64" {
set isofile="openSUSE-13.2-KDE-Live-x86_64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/boot/x86_64/loader/linux isofrom_device=/dev/disk/by-label/boot_iso isofrom_system=/$isofile initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=512000 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 splash=silent
initrd (loop)/boot/x86_64/loader/initrd
}
menuentry "openSUSE 13.2 KDE Live i686" {
set isofile="openSUSE-13.2-KDE-Live-i686.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/boot/i386/loader/linux isofrom_device=/dev/disk/by-label/boot_iso isofrom_system=/$isofile initrd=initrd ramdisk_size=512000 ramdisk_blocksize=4096 splash=silent
initrd (loop)/boot/i386/loader/initrd
}
}
submenu "SystemRescueCD >" {
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 4.5.4 amd64" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-4.5.4.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue64 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 4.5.4 i586" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-4.5.4.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue32 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 4.4.1 amd64" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-4.4.1.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue64 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 4.4.1 i586" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-4.4.1.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue32 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 4.2.0 amd64" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-4.2.0.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue64 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 4.2.0 i586" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-4.2.0.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue32 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 3.8.1 amd64" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-3.8.1.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue64 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 3.8.1 i586" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-3.8.1.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue32 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 3.7.1 amd64" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-3.7.1.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue64 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
menuentry "SystemRescueCD 3.7.1 i586" {
set isofile="systemrescuecd-x86-3.7.1.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/isolinux/rescue32 isoloop=$isofile
initrd (loop)/isolinux/initram.igz
}
}
submenu "Ubuntu >" {
menuentry "Ubuntu 15.04 Desktop amd64" {
set isofile="ubuntu-15.04-desktop-amd64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Ubuntu 15.04 Desktop i386" {
set isofile="ubuntu-15.04-desktop-i386.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Ubuntu 14.10 Desktop amd64" {
set isofile="ubuntu-14.10-desktop-amd64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Ubuntu 14.04.1 Desktop amd64" {
set isofile="ubuntu-14.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop amd64" {
set isofile="ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Ubuntu 14.04 Desktop i386" {
set isofile="ubuntu-14.04-desktop-i386.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop amd64" {
set isofile="ubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
menuentry "Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop i386" {
set isofile="ubuntu-13.10-desktop-i386.iso"
loopback loop (hd0,msdos3)/$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/$isofile noprompt noeject
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}
}
}
submenu "Memtest >" {
menuentry "memtest86" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86/memtest
}
menuentry "memtest86+" {
linux16 /boot/memtest86plus/memtest
}
}
submenu "Other >" {
menuentry "Windows 7/bootmgr" {
search --file --no-floppy --set=root /bootmgr
ntldr /bootmgr
boot
}
menuentry "Windows XP/ntldr" {
search --file --no-floppy --set=root /ntldr
ntldr /ntldr
boot
}
menuentry "FreeDOS 1.1" {
set root=(hd0,msdos1)
chainloader +1
}
}
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emc
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| Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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yeah, but questio is still valid:
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According to grub2 migration wiki page should I run?
| Code: | | grub2-install --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda7 |
or /dev/sda instead? |
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frostschutz
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Irre
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A combination of boot-loaders work fine for me:
/dev/sda1 -- Windows boot record (never touched this)
/dev/sda3 -- grub
/dev/sda7 -- grub2
Config files need not be on same partition as the boot records. I told Bios to load /dev/sda3 (fdisk toggle boot flag). Windows and grub2 are then chainloaded from grub:
| Code: | title Windows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
title grub2 sda7
root (hd0,6)
chainloader +1 |
grub and grub2 were installed like this: | Code: | grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/sda3
grub2-install --root-directory=/ --boot-directory=/grub2 --force /dev/sda7
grub2-mkconfig -o /grub2/grub/grub.cfg |
This works for Windows 7. Windows 10 needs dos command "shutdown /p" to be powered off... |
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emc
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| NICE! Can you post how you HDD(s) look like, I meant partition, what grub2 boot to? |
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Irre
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I use grub2 to boot FreeBSD (FB didn't like my partition table). For that I only coded:
/etc/grub.d/40_custom | Code: | /etc/grub.d/40_custom #!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
menuentry "FreeBSD (direct boot)" {
insmod ufs2
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 52f2ac1c661593d7
kfreebsd /boot/kernel/kernel
kfreebsd_loadenv /boot/device.hints
set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ufsid/52f2ac1c661593d7
set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw
}
menuentry "FreeBSD (via /boot/loader)" {
insmod ufs2
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 52f2ac1c661593d7
kfreebsd /boot/loader
}
menuentry "FreeBSD (alt direct boot)" --class freebsd --class bsd --class os {
insmod ufs2
set root=(hd0,3)
kfreebsd /boot/kernel/kernel
kfreebsd_loadenv /boot/device.hints
set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom=ufs:/dev/ada0s3
set kFreeBSD.vfs.root.mountfrom.options=rw
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grub2-mkconfig then generated a usable 431 lines looong config file... 
For linux I still use grub:0 |
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