Re: /boot/grub/grub.cfg menu entries
Michel Verdier:
> Intense Red:
>
> > Looking at /boot/grub/grub.cfg it uses a function format that I
> > don't recognize and cannot make easy sense of -- I just want a simple
> > text entry to give me the option of booting off sdf1 or sdg1 in the
> > grub menu.
> >
> > Can anyone whack me with a clue-bat or ELI5 me how I can edit/add
> > an entry to grub.cfg? TIA.
>
> You can directly change /boot/grub/grub.cfg. Entry name is the first
> parameter after "menuentry" :
>
> menuentry 'here the name' --class debian ...
>
> But it will be erased if you update-grub.
> Alternatively you can add full menuentry blocks in /etc/grub.d/40_custom
> and you will retrieve them in you grub menu even after update-grub.
Note that since June 2022, boot menu entries for other operating systems
are no longer generated by default in testing and sid.
To re-enable this, set GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false in /etc/default/grub.
To me, this looks easier and less laborious.
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