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Today's Topics:

1. Re-configuring Grub2 (was Lost Fedora wifi after adding Mint
17) (Peter Hemmings)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:21:54 +0100
From: Peter Hemmings <peternsomerset@virginmedia.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [bristol] Re-configuring Grub2 (was Lost Fedora wifi after
adding Mint 17)
Message-ID: <56F86B12.7050203@virginmedia.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed

Hi,

On 24/03/16 13:52, Shane McEwan wrote:
> On 24/03/16 13:16, Peter Hemmings wrote:
>> Unfortunately the ppa function is not supported in my Mint 17 so cannot
>> activate repository/download boot-repair
>
> sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

Did that and installed boot-repair.

Ran it but must have made a mistake as good auld widoze booted without grub.

Made a rescuetux/grub stick to boot Mint again.

Booted Mint and did "grub-mkconfig" (noticed it picked up the fc23 with
the same duplicate menu entries with the os prober. It took quite some time.

I think I did a grub-update (getting a bit late) but there are no
entries on my grub boot menu.

As I can boot fc23 from the stick I would like to run from there.

If I do a "grub2-mkconfig then "grub-update" from fc23 should that work,
or have I missed something!?

FWIW I have the boot flag set on the first "windows" partition.


>
> I suspect you're going to need a custom Grub config because you've got a
> custom setup. You can't expect the defaults to work all the time if
> you're not running a default system. With a bit of trial and error you
> can update the "GRUB_DEFAULT" variable in "/etc/default/grub" in Mint to
> point to the kernel you want to boot by default. This page should help
> you device what to set "GRUB_DEFAULT" to:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Submenus#Setting_a_Submenu_entry_as_the_default

I would prefer to try fc23 grub2 and see if it can make a better menu
before making a custom one.

>
> Note that next time you update Fedora it will likely overwrite your grub
> with its own configuration and you'll be back to square one. The joys of
> dual-booting!

Yep that is why I don't want to do it.

>
> Shane.
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Regards
--
Peter H



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