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#1 2010-03-13 10:30:01

pepe
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Grub doesn't show the others o.s

When i start my computer, Grub doesn't give me the choice to start from the others O.S, i have windows 7 and linux mint 8.
I have been reading wiki, but i haven't found any solution.
Thanks in advance

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#2 2010-03-13 10:32:25

loafer
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Re: Grub doesn't show the others o.s

You should supply the config file.

edit:  Windows 7 and Mint in addition to Arch you mean?

Last edited by loafer (2010-03-13 10:34:36)


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#3 2010-03-13 10:36:22

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Re: Grub doesn't show the others o.s

You have to manually add entries to them in /boot/grub/menu.lst.


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#4 2010-03-13 11:07:44

pepe
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Re: Grub doesn't show the others o.s

loafer wrote:

You should supply the config file.

edit:  Windows 7 and Mint in addition to Arch you mean?

Thanks,
Yes Windows 7 and Mint in addition to Arch ,
Grub start: i have got only this
Arch linux
Arch linux Fallback

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#5 2010-03-13 11:12:07

pepe
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Re: Grub doesn't show the others o.s

this is my grub menu.list:

# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst

# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
#
#  Linux           Grub
# -------------------------
#  /dev/fd0        (fd0)
#  /dev/sda        (hd0)
#  /dev/sdb2       (hd1,1)
#  /dev/sda3       (hd0,2)
#

#  FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#          | 640x480    800x600    1024x768   1280x1024
#      ----+--------------------------------------------
#      256 | 0x301=769  0x303=771  0x305=773   0x307=775
#      32K | 0x310=784  0x313=787  0x316=790   0x319=793
#      64K | 0x311=785  0x314=788  0x317=791   0x31A=794
#      16M | 0x312=786  0x315=789  0x318=792   0x31B=795
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#  for more details and different resolutions see
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRU … Resolution

# general configuration:
timeout   5
default   0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue

# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/d4eb4dec-9049-442f-a304-af633b15a339 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/d4eb4dec-9049-442f-a304-af633b15a339 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img

# (2) Windows
#title Windows
#rootnoverify (hd0,0)
#makeactive
#chainloader +1

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#6 2010-03-13 11:39:59

loafer
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Re: Grub doesn't show the others o.s

As bharani says you'll need to add, or in the case of Windows uncomment, the relevant entries.


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#7 2010-03-13 12:13:35

pepe
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Re: Grub doesn't show the others o.s

bharani wrote:

You have to manually add entries to them in /boot/grub/menu.lst.

Thanks i have followed your advice and i have added windows following what he has written loafer, so i should now to add Linux Mint.

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