Grub Titles

[Bret Busby]

On 27/8/23 21:05, Grizzly wrote:
> Sunday, August 27, 2023  at 19:54, Bret Busby wrote:
> Re: Grub Titles (at least in part)
> 
>> On 27/8/23 19:36, Grizzly via ubuntu-users wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>>
>>> I have a duel boot (low spec) lappy, with a PuppyLinux (BionicPup) & Bodhi 5.1
>>> (Based on Ubuntu 18.04.6 ?), when I boot, grub menu shows (the usual) Ubuntu
>>> 18.04 options & BionicPup
>   
>>> Is there a "persistant" (that will survive past the next apt upgrade) way to
>>> get Ubuntu 18.04 to show [as] Bodhi?
>   
>> Hello.
> 
>> Perhaps, it may be worth posting the query to the grub users mailing list?
> 
> I'll give it a go, thought as it is really 18.04 (under the sheets) here was a
> good place to start
> 
> I would also like to show "Unity" on grub menu for the systems that have (duh)
> Unity in place of Gnome
> 
> 

On my Acer V3-772G, which I just got going again, recently, and, upon 
which, I just installed Linux Mint on the (corrupted - would not boot) 
Ubuntu 22.10 installation, as the upgrading of the 20.10 installation 
(which had worked okay until the upgrade attempt) to 22.04.3 (the system 
recommended upgrade, a few days ago) corrupted that installation, 
leaving me with 16.04.7 (I think the last number is 7), as the only 
remaining, working, Ubuntu installation, on that computer, grub shows 
the available operating systems to which, to boot, as Linux Mint 21.1 
(installing 21.2, was too problematic, as a clean install - upgrades 
from 21.1 to 21.2, on other computers, worked okay, but, the clean 
install of 21.2, went bad, as what 21.2 involves, is bad, for 
installation), Ubuntu 22.04.3 (the corrupted upgrade from 20.10, which, 
now, will not boot), Ubuntu 16.04.7, and, the despicable (and, unusable 
- while it will boot into it, the operating system is shite and 
unusable, due to the nature of MS Windows 8) MS Windows 8, with which, 
the system was originally infected.

So, whilst you have an installation as old as 18.04 (I assume that the 
age of the 18.04, is the reason for your referencing it), as my system 
has a working installation of 16.04 (as the only now, working 
installation of Ubuntu), into which, it can "happily" boot, without any 
significant problems, from GRUB, it appears to me, that your problem 
lies within your grub installation and configuration, rather than with 
Ubuntu.

Hence, my suggestion to try the help-grub mailing list.

 From memory, a way exists, of editing what is displayed by grub - the 
text, like labels, for the options into which to boot (so, for example, 
if you had them installed, and, if you would be so inclined, you could 
rename a boot option for ghostBSD, to WhiteSheetBSD, and, midnightBSD, 
to BlackCatBSD, etc). But, I do not remember how to edit the applicable 
file for grub, or, where I saw it. Maybe, it is in something like
man grub
  or,
help grub
or, on an online grub information web site.

..
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
(UTC+0800)
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