GRUB problem after upgrading to 10.04

[Karl Larsen]

On 05/01/2010 08:40 PM, user1 wrote:
> On Sun, 02 May 2010 03:27:43 +0800, Goh Lip wrote:
>
>    
>> On Sat, 1 May 2010 10:33:17 +0000 (UTC) user1<bqz69 at telia.com>  wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> O>
>>>        
>>>> My intention was to use 9.04 until I got 10.04 really set up and
>>>> working, so I could easily switch between the two.
>>>>
>>>> Note: grub is "grub legacy = old grub" and grub2 is "grub2 = new
>>>> grub"
>>>>          
>>> I just changed to grub legacy following the recipe in:
>>>
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
>>>
>>> 12.1 Reverting to GRUB legacy
>>>
>>> and now it works as usual.
>>>
>>> I find grub legacy easier to setup and use - you just have to edit
>>> menu.lst and that's it.
>>>
>>> So I will wait reverting until grub2 is ready *smile*
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> And that is easier than 'sudo update-grub'?
>>      
> I did that.
>
> I first edited the lucid 40_custom file with the contents from the karmic
> 40_custom file (I had made a backup of this file) which did recognize the
> other operating systems.
>
> Then I ran: sudo update-grub
>
> And that did not work.
>
> I mean that such an important part of an OS as the bootloader should work
> out of the box and recognize all the other installed OS without any bugs.
> If not a lot of people might get a heavy problem. *smile*
>
>
>
>
>
>    
     Yes exactly and what you did should have worked, I think. By the 
way for those who are trying to show their expert in Grub2 here is the 
man page:

UPDATE-GRUB(8)                                                  
UPDATE-GRUB(8)

NAME
        update-grub - stub for grub-mkconfig

SYNOPSIS
        update-grub

DESCRIPTION
        update-grub  is a stub for running grub-mkconfig -o 
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
        to generate a grub2 config file.

SEE ALSO
        grub-mkconfig(8)

It says update-grub is a stub which runs grub-mkconfig -o 
/boot/grub/grub.cfg. All it does is run grub.cfg the right way with a 
simple to remember word.

     It is possible that the image of the computer changed and that is 
why your copied over 40_custom file did not work. This is a complex area 
of Grub2.

73 Karl


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