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Hi! How should one generage grub.cfg for Windows 8 on old hardware? A PC is over 4 years old. Grub-mkconfig gives nothing for a ntfs partition with Windows 8.
Last edited by marko90 (2014-11-24 21:01:26)
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I ran grub-mkconfig on a system with Windows 10 installed on it today and it successfully detected and provided a menu entry for it (albeit identified as "Windows 7").
Did you install GRUB to your MBR?
# grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck /dev/sda
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … guide#GRUB
If you have done this already, please post the output of:
# parted -l
EDIT: I'm presuming you're using a non-EFI system.
Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2014-11-24 20:39:20)
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Show bootinfoscript output:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/ .
Show also output:
os-prober
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Thanks a lot for the replies. Here they are:
[root@localhost ~]# parted -l
Model: ATA WDC WD1600BEVT-6 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 160GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 21.0GB 21.0GB primary ext4
2 21.0GB 157GB 136GB primary ntfs boot
3 157GB 160GB 2625MB primary linux-swap(v1)
[root@localhost ~]# os-prober
/dev/cdrom: open failed: No medium found
/dev/sdb: open failed: No medium found
No volume groups found
/dev/sda2:Windows 8 (loader):Windows:chain
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Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...
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And yes, I've got grub on MBR and can load from it just do not have required menu entry.
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Thanks a lot for the replies. Here they are:
[root@localhost ~]# parted -l Model: ATA WDC WD1600BEVT-6 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 160GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Disk Flags: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 1049kB 21.0GB 21.0GB primary ext4 2 21.0GB 157GB 136GB primary ntfs boot 3 157GB 160GB 2625MB primary linux-swap(v1)
You do not have the main Windows partition on your system, just the boot partition.
There should be a second ntfs partition with no boot flag...
EDIT: I think so anyway -- that's how my Windows partitions show up on an MBR BIOS system.
Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2014-11-24 20:58:54)
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Got it solved, my gratitudes. I guess os-prober installation helped here.
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