update grub

[Colin Law]

On 9 June 2012 15:45, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 9 June 2012 15:28, G. <pegngaryubuntu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I am adding Chrome OS using Gparted to resize my ubuntu 12.04 primary
>>> partition and copy the Chrome OS files.  Can I then use gparted to
>>> update grub2?
>>
>> Just boot into the ubuntu partition and run
>> sudo update-grub
>>
>
> So grub will run but will not show the added OS?  Just making sure.
> The after I run sudo update-grub the new os will show up in the grub
> menu,

It won't know about the new OS when you first boot, but running
update-grub should find it and the next time you boot should give it
as an option.  When you run update-grub it tells you what it finds so
you should see it there.

Colin