Grub2 & windows

[Errol Sapir]

Goh Lip wrote:
> Errol Sapir wrote:
>   
>> I installed Karmic using ext4 and am very satisfied with the results 
>> considering it is still alpha. I have one problem (at the moment :-) ). 
>> When booting my grub (which I presume is grub2) didn't recognize my 
>> vista dual boot. I went into /boot/grub/grub.cfg but it seems very 
>> different from grub legacy. How do I enable windows to appear and boot 
>> on grub2?
>> Below is my grub.cfg:
>>
>> #
>> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
>> #
>> # It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
>> # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
>> #
>>
>> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
>> set default=0
>> insmod ext2
>> set root=(hd0,2)
>> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 69b0a646-2c18-49c4-ba9c-a36b703bde83
>> if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
>>   set gfxmode=640x480
>>   insmod gfxterm
>>   insmod vbe
>>   if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
>>     # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
>>     # understand terminal_output
>>     terminal gfxterm
>>   fi
>> fi
>> set timeout=10
>> ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
>>
>> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
>> set menu_color_normal=white/black
>> set menu_color_highlight=black/white
>> ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
>>
>> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
>> menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-9-generic" {
>>     insmod ext2
>>     set root=(hd0,2)
>>     search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 69b0a646-2c18-49c4-ba9c-a36b703bde83
>>     linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic 
>> root=UUID=69b0a646-2c18-49c4-ba9c-a36b703bde83 ro   quiet splash
>>     initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-9-generic
>> }
>> menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-9-generic (recovery mode)" {
>>     insmod ext2
>>     set root=(hd0,2)
>>     search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 69b0a646-2c18-49c4-ba9c-a36b703bde83
>>     linux    /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-9-generic 
>> root=UUID=69b0a646-2c18-49c4-ba9c-a36b703bde83 ro single
>>     initrd    /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-9-generic
>> }
>> ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
>>
>> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
>> menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
>>     linux    /boot/memtest86+.bin
>> }
>> menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
>>     linux    /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
>> }
>> ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
>>
>> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
>> ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
>>
>> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
>> # This file is an example on how to add custom entries
>> ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
>>
>> # This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
>> # ones.
>> title        Other operating systems:
>> root
>>
>> TIA
>> Errol
>>
>>     
>
> Errol, try this at terminal,
>
> sudo grub-mkconfig
>
>
> If output at terminal is okay, then
>
> sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
> to write to grub.cfg file.
>
>
> If you have an older grub2 (not grub-legacy) version, (I doubt it),
> then do this...
>
> sudo update-grub
>
> If all fails, then maybe at install, it wasnt set properly, then do
>
> sudo grub-install
>
>
> Regards,
> Goh Lip
>
>
>   
Thanks Goh lip

sudo grub-mkconfig


If output at terminal is okay, then

sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

to write to grub.cfg file.


I did the above and this did the trick. Now for the obvious nerd 
question - Where does one learn such wonders and command solutions?? :-P

Errol


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