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marko90

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[Solved] Grub configuration (grub.cfg) no Windows 8 menuentry

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)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [Solved] Grub configuration (grub.cfg) no Windows 8 menuentry

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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Jin, Jîyan, Azadî

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Re: [Solved] Grub configuration (grub.cfg) no Windows 8 menuentry

Show bootinfoscript output:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/ .

Show also output:

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marko90

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Re: [Solved] Grub configuration (grub.cfg) no Windows 8 menuentry

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

jasonwryan

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Re: [Solved] Grub configuration (grub.cfg) no Windows 8 menuentry

Not an Installation issue, moving to NC...

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marko90

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Re: [Solved] Grub configuration (grub.cfg) no Windows 8 menuentry

And yes, I've got grub on MBR and can load from it just do not have required menu entry.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [Solved] Grub configuration (grub.cfg) no Windows 8 menuentry

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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marko90

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Re: [Solved] Grub configuration (grub.cfg) no Windows 8 menuentry

Got it solved, my gratitudes. I guess os-prober installation helped here.