Adding kernel parameters to _other_ OS in grub

[Karl Larsen]

On 05/25/2010 03:38 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> I must be missing something obvious. I have read the docs [1] but I
> cannot figure out how to add a kernel parameter to the second OS on a
> dual-boot system with Grub2.
>
> Specifically, I have Kubuntu 10.04 on sda2 and Ubuntu 10.04 on sda1.
> The Ubuntu install on sda1 was done last, and grub was installed. I
> added a kernel parameter to the Ubuntu install in the
> /etc/default/grub file's GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX line, but it was only
> added for the sda1 (Ubuntu) entries, not for the sda2 (Kubuntu)
> entries. I then booted sda2 (Kubuntu) and tried editing it's own
> /etc/default/grub (then running update-grub) but that did not add the
> kernel parameter either.
>
> What am I missing? Thanks.
>
> [1] These:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275
> http://members.iinet.net/~herman546/p20/GRUB2%20Bash%20Commands.html
> http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152790
>
> Karl, please don't answer unless you have experience in configuring
> grub2. I don't need to be told that 10.04 is "not stable" or that
> grub2 is "not ready". Thanks.
>
>    
     I will answer when I feel like it, not when YOU do! But I will say 
your first URL is the best.


73 Karl


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