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Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot



Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-27 18:59 (UTC-0500):

> Felix Miata wrote:

>> Is there more than one directory in /boot/efi/EFI/? If not, it's likely time for
>> you to explore using /etc/default/grub's GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= option. I need to
>> (only one Debian, but 3 openSUSEs installed), but have been putting it off,
>> using Stretch's menu for all.

> There is only onedirectory in /boot/efi/EFI/ :

> root@BR914:/# ls -la /boot/efi/EFI
> total 12
> drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Dec  4 22:11 .
> drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Dec 31  1969 ..
> drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Dec  4 22:11 debian

> How would GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=help the timeout= problem?             

Indirectly, by having a POST-time (F12 menu) choice which installation's Grub to
use.
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