I've installed Gentoo in one of my hard disks. The whole hard disk is for that distro.
I want a dual-boot in grub to start Ubuntu or Gentoo.
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 7298 58614752+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdf1 1 125 1000000 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdf2 125 30402 243196503+ 83 Linux
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb is Ubuntu root and /dev/sdf is Gentoo.
I execute sudo os-prober
and it shows:
/dev/sdf2:Gentoo Base System release 2.0.2:Gentoo:linux
Then I execute sudo update-grub
:
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-6-core2
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-6-core2
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0-3-core2
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0-3-core2
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Gentoo Base System release 2.0.2 on /dev/sdf2
done
But when I restart, grub menu doesn't show the Gentoo entry.
I didn't set the boot
flag in Gentoo disk, is this the problem? The disk boot is the Ubuntu disk, not Gentoo.
My actual /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="${saved_entry}"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
saved_entry=${chosen}
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function recordfail {
set recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1280x1024
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=es
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
set timeout=-1
else
set timeout=4
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, con Linux 3.0.0-6-core2' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-6-core2 root=UUID=ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-16,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap acpi_osi=Linux
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-6-core2
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, con Linux 3.0.0-6-core2 (modo recuperación)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
echo 'Cargando Linux 3.0.0-6-core2 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-6-core2 root=UUID=ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f ro single
echo 'Cargando el disco RAM inicial...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-6-core2
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, con Linux 3.0-3-core2' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0-3-core2 root=UUID=ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f ro crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-16,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap acpi_osi=Linux
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0-3-core2
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, con Linux 3.0-3-core2 (modo recuperación)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
recordfail
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
echo 'Cargando Linux 3.0-3-core2 ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.0-3-core2 root=UUID=ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f ro single
echo 'Cargando el disco RAM inicial...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.0-3-core2
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
Solved:
I've updated os-prober package and I have activated boot flag in Gentoo hard disk and now it works.