Grub Titles
Bret Busby
bret at busby.net
Sun Aug 27 15:32:59 UTC 2023
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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