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Re: boot image



On Tuesday 04,September,2012 05:16 PM, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 01:38:56PM +0800, lina wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> Today I tried to install unetbootin
>>
>> The following packages were installed.
>>
>>  extlinux:
>>  libcrypt-passwdmd5-perl:
>>  memtest86+:
>>  os-prober:
>>  syslinux:
>>  syslinux-common:
>>  syslinux-themes-debian:
>>  syslinux-themes-debian-wheezy:
>>  unetbootin-translations:
>>
>> during boot, it showed those other options, which I don't like, like
>> memory-test,
>> mac OS x 32
>> mac OS x 64
> 
> These would have been added due to in installation of "os-prober" which
> scanned your system and found two Operating Installs from a certain
> fruit-based company.
> 
>>
>> so I purged the installed packages.
>>
>> now the /boot shows me:
>>
>> /boot# ls
>> config-3.2.0-3-amd64      initrd.img-3.3.5          vmlinuz-3.2.0-3-amd64
>> config-3.3.5              lost+found                vmlinuz-3.3.5
>> grub                      System.map-3.2.0-3-amd64
>> initrd.img-3.2.0-3-amd64  System.map-3.3.5
>>
>>
>> but weird that the options like
>>
>> mac os 32
>> mac os 64
>>
>> still showed in booting interface. btw, they are not working and I
>> don't expect them to work, only with to remove them.
>>
>> But I don't know how to remove.
> 
> If "os-prober" is de-installed, you should be able to run "update-grub2"
> as root to regenerate your boot list without the probed entries.
Thanks Darac, the update-grub2 works.

Best regards,
> 
> If you wish to keep "os-prober" installed, but not use it, try removing
> the executable bit from /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober (a dpkg-statoverride
> entry will make that permanent).
> 


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