Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Grub Update

Already BOSS Linux OS installed in a partion in your hard disk and the entry is not updated inyour grub menu do the following

go to the directory called /etc/grub.d/


select the file name otheros  script file

edit the menu entry according to your where the os image is installed and initrd details in that.


menuentry "BOSS GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-3-486 (on /dev/sda9)" {
set root=(hd0,msdos9)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9ad508a7-678a-4c92-b229-3b77de46dcd8
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=/dev/sda9 ro pci=nommconf iommu=calgary vga=791 quiet
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
}

after almodifications are over run type the following in terminal to exexute

update-grub2


now the grub will be updated

Now reboot the system.Missed entry will appear in boot menu

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