Re: F16 Grub2 not including windows
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 10:07 AM, David Lehman wrote: > On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 07:39 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> On 08/26/2011 10:01 PM, David Lehman wrote: >> > >> > We added code to automatically generate entries using os-prober, but >> > apparently os-prober is not available if you install from DVD without >> > enabling network repos. It's probably also unavailable if doing a live >> > install. We'll be working on rectifying this. >> >> Does this transparently detect other Linux distributions? If so, that >> needs testing and definitely worth highlighting in the documentation > > It should find other linux distributions. I expect there to be issues > with the kernel command line arguments which will probably require some > upstream grub2 work to get sorted out. I think that os-prober picks up grub.conf/menu.lst or grub.cfg entries, if they exist, on the partitions that it probes. I once landed through Google on a grub-devel post where one of the grub developers said that os-prober wasn't a grub program but a debian-boot one. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: F16 Grub2 not including windows
On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 17:27 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 11:31 -0500, David Lehman wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 10:49 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote: > > > Up until F16 (and it *might* have done it once during the early alpha > > > testing stages), windows has been detected and included in grub during > > > install. But the last few installs haven't included it and not included > > > on my current install. > > > > We added code to automatically generate entries using os-prober, but > > apparently os-prober is not available if you install from DVD without > > enabling network repos. It's probably also unavailable if doing a live > > install. We'll be working on rectifying this. > > Is there a bug # for this? It sounds CommonBugs-worthy. thanks! Don't know if makes a difference, but did a fresh install against the F16 tree without using the updates-testing repo, and I did get the os-prober package installed by default and windows was added to grub this time. Don't know about live dvd but there ya go. -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "The best town on Earth!" -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: F16 Grub2 not including windows
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 07:39 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 08/26/2011 10:01 PM, David Lehman wrote: > > We added code to automatically generate entries using os-prober, but > > apparently os-prober is not available if you install from DVD without > > enabling network repos. It's probably also unavailable if doing a live > > install. We'll be working on rectifying this. > > Does this transparently detect other Linux distributions? If so, that > needs testing and definitely worth highlighting in the documentation It should find other linux distributions. I expect there to be issues with the kernel command line arguments which will probably require some upstream grub2 work to get sorted out. David > > Rahul -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: F16 Grub2 not including windows
On 08/26/2011 10:01 PM, David Lehman wrote: > We added code to automatically generate entries using os-prober, but > apparently os-prober is not available if you install from DVD without > enabling network repos. It's probably also unavailable if doing a live > install. We'll be working on rectifying this. Does this transparently detect other Linux distributions? If so, that needs testing and definitely worth highlighting in the documentation Rahul -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: F16 Grub2 not including windows
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 11:31 -0500, David Lehman wrote: > On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 10:49 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote: > > Up until F16 (and it *might* have done it once during the early alpha > > testing stages), windows has been detected and included in grub during > > install. But the last few installs haven't included it and not included > > on my current install. > > We added code to automatically generate entries using os-prober, but > apparently os-prober is not available if you install from DVD without > enabling network repos. It's probably also unavailable if doing a live > install. We'll be working on rectifying this. Is there a bug # for this? It sounds CommonBugs-worthy. thanks! -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | identi.ca: adamwfedora http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: F16 Grub2 not including windows
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 11:31 -0500, David Lehman wrote: > On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 10:49 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote: > > Up until F16 (and it *might* have done it once during the early alpha > > testing stages), windows has been detected and included in grub during > > install. But the last few installs haven't included it and not included > > on my current install. > > We added code to automatically generate entries using os-prober, but > apparently os-prober is not available if you install from DVD without > enabling network repos. It's probably also unavailable if doing a live > install. We'll be working on rectifying this. Since there is a compose now of the F16 tree, I did a network install against it and it did add the windows entry to grub this time. -- Mike Chambers Madisonville, KY "The best town on Earth!" -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: F16 Grub2 not including windows
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 10:49 -0500, Mike Chambers wrote: > Up until F16 (and it *might* have done it once during the early alpha > testing stages), windows has been detected and included in grub during > install. But the last few installs haven't included it and not included > on my current install. We added code to automatically generate entries using os-prober, but apparently os-prober is not available if you install from DVD without enabling network repos. It's probably also unavailable if doing a live install. We'll be working on rectifying this. David -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: F16 Grub2 not including windows
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Mike Chambers wrote: > > Up until F16 (and it *might* have done it once during the early alpha > testing stages), windows has been detected and included in grub during > install. But the last few installs haven't included it and not included > on my current install. > > No parititioning changes have taken place, no hardrives have been > changed/moved, nothing has been changed. So if windows is on (or what > it normally is called) /dev/sda then how I do add my Windows 7 to grub2? os-prober isn't installed by default and it's the grub2-related app that probes other disks and partitions for other OSs. Once you install it, before over-writing "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg", either run "grub-mkconfig" and check the stdout output or (for example) "grub2-mkconfig -o /root/grubtest.cfg". If you're happy with the result, run "grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg" to update your grub boot menu. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
