Maybe you could edit the configure file /boot/grub/grub.cfg manually to add a menu entry for another OS. On Thu, 2013-05-09 11:17:41 -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: >Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 11:17:41 -0400 >From: Tony Baldwin <tony@tonybaldwin.info> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: grub finding but not adding other OS > >Hi. >My machine is dual boot, with two hdd. >The first one has Fedora 18, the second (which is really the one >I primarily use) has Debian, just upgraded to Wheezy yesterday. >The BIOS generally chooses the first hdd, with Fedora, and I had >grub on there booting Squeeze by default. >After upgrading to Wheezy, I booted the fedora and ran grub2-mkconfig, >and it found Wheezy, but did NOT add it to the boot menu. >I used the BIOS to boot the second drive and updated grub on the Wheezy disk. >Same thing, either with grub-mkconfig or update-grub, it finds the Fedora >OS, but it does not add it to the grub menu. >Personally, I'd like to install grub from the wheezy side, to the fedora side, >with wheezy as the default, but including the fedora as an option. >I seem to be finding conflicting information, and my attempts so far have failed. >I'm finding I have to enter the BIOS and choose the second hdd manually to boot >wheezy, which is a PITA. > >Any and all assistance, as always, appreciated. (alliteration) > >thanks, >tony >-- >http://www.tonybaldwin.me
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