Grub not right on new install.

[Derek Broughton]

elmo wrote:

> Jim Smith wrote:
>> I installed 8.04 on a desktop system intending it to dual boot with
>> WinXP, which one user requires for coursework software. The install went
>> fine and Hardy is running great on the system. The problem is that Grub
>> somehow did not pick up the WinXP installation which is in a partition
>> on another hard drive. Do you think that running "sudo update-grub" will
>> be enough, or as I fear will I need to add WinXP manually?

> I've done dozens of Linux installs and have never had any of them not
> include Windows in their menu.list.  It's an inherent feature that a
> Linux install includes an entry for Windows in the menu.list

Not if, as Jim said, Windows is on another hard drive.  I've never known the
installer to pick that up.

> Examine your menu.list above, particularly where the operative entries
> are.  I added a Windows entry for menu.list that needs to have the #
> erased.

It looks right, but _don't_ put it where Elmo suggests - put if after:

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

That will ensure that "update-grub" doesn't remove it in future.

> Then save your entire menu.lst.  You may have to change the permissions
> to do the save.

And don't do that either.  Edit as root (ie, using one of the *sudo
commands).  menu.lst should remain owned by root.
-- 
derek