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Re: Debian's grub doesn't detect Ubuntu



On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Helgi Örn Helgason
<sacredeagle@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 27 June 2012 07:37, Mika Suomalainen <mika.henrik.mainio@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have three OSes on this computer. They are Debian Sid, Ubuntu Precise
>> and Windows 7.
>>
>> It seems that Debian's grub can only detect Debian and Windows 7, but
>> not Ubuntu.
>>
>> I have tried Googling and running update-grub some times, but I haven't
>> found anything useful.
>>
>> What should I try now?
>>
> Did you mount the Ubuntu partition before running update-grub?
> If not, then try that. Usually that will help.

There's no need to mount the Ubuntu "/" or "/boot" partition for
os-prober to detect and add Ubuntu.


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