Re: How to get rid of an entry in grub?
On Fri, 2013-08-30 at 21:49 +0100, Klaus wrote:
> On 30/08/13 19:11, David Guntner wrote:
> > David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> >>
> >> Not only that, but given the comments around all the sections that point
> >> at /etc/grub.d/{whatever}, does this mean that /boot/grub/grub.cfg is
> >> being built by something, from those other files? If so, it seems that
> >> directly editing /boot/grub/grub.cfg might not be such a good idea....
> >
> > Well, looking again at the grub.cfg file, specifically the top of the
> > file, which has this in it:
> >
> >> #
> >> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
> >> #
> >> # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
> >> # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
> >> #
> >
> > I'd say that answers *that* question (of whether or not it's a good idea
> > to edit the file directly). :-) So I'm not entirely sure why someone
> > would point anyone at that file as the way to edit the configuration.... :-/
> >
> > Anyway, if anyone else knows how I can convince grub that there's
> > nothing on /dev/sdb1 to try and boot from (so I can get it off the boot
> > menu), I'd sure love to know how to do it. :-) Why does the
> > 30_os-prober come to the conclusion that there's something there?
> >
> > --Dave
> >
> >
>
> You can disable the "os-prober" action by setting
> GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER = true
> in /etc/default/grub.
> See comments in /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober and in
> /usr/share/doc/os-prober/README
I edit grub.cfg directly and even if something should overwrite it, I
simply keep a backup.
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