[PLUG] Grub Gripe
MJang
mike at mommabears.com
Thu May 6 19:07:24 UTC 2010
On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 05:38 -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> Another gripe I have with my Lucid Lynx dual boot install attempts is
> that Grub uses the same words to describe both Ubuntu and Kubuntu! I
> guessed, and was correct, that the first two (normal and failsafe) on
> Grub's list were for the most recent install. They are followed by
> memtest (two versions, I think), and then what looks exactly like the
> first two lines. I'll discover if they really are for the first Ubuntu
> install when I try again this evening.
>
> I assume there's a way to edit something to provide some additional
> information, but I'll have to look into that later.
Since Ubuntu now uses Grub 2.0, it's somewhat of a pain in the
whatchamacallit. You'll need to edit files in the /etc/grub.d/
directory. One method is https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Grub2#User-defined%
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Thanks,
Mike
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