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rbrownclown

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Registered: 2006-12-29

Posts: 125

Grub Question

This is simply a matter of curiosity.

I used to manually add my Windows XP entry to Grub.  In Voodoo, it's there automatically (just commented out).  There's an option that I never had to add before.  It's makeactive.  What does that mean?

miyamoto

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Registered: 2007-05-09

Posts: 4

Re: Grub Question

Documentation is such a wonderful thing .

Makeactive definition as stated in the Grub Manual on their website

It is not necessary for most modern operating systems.

I have to make sure to add the following before makeactive.

map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)

Edit: Now that I think about it, I don't quite understand what makeactive is doing.  <sigh> I try to help and end up confusing myself.

Last edited by miyamoto (2007-05-30 21:13:29)

vacant

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From: downstairs

Registered: 2004-11-05

Posts: 816

Re: Grub Question

That documentation is quite such a wonderful thing after all then

klixon

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-01-17

Posts: 525

Re: Grub Question

I think it has to do something with this
Careful! it's a link to microsoft's knowledge-base

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