Re: Clarification Re: Customizing Grub menus
On Thu 09 Dec 2021 at 09:09:42 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 12/08/2021 06:33 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > I have a machine set aside for experimenting with different
> > configurations of Debian. The default Grub2 menu will display OS(with
> > version) and partition designation in /dev/sdXY format.
> >
> > I give all partitions descriptive labels.
> > I want the Grub menu to display OS and the partition label.
> > I want it to update appropriately after using update-grub.
> >
> > Is there an appropriate tool?
> > TIA
> >
>
> Received answers did not seem to answer my question.
> That suggests a unclear question ;}
>
> On my test system partition labels are:
> /dev/sda7 full-10
> /dev/sda9 minimal-11
>
> Default Grub menu after install of buster reads:
> Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) (on /dev/sda7)
>
> I wish it to read:
> Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) (full-10)
>
> After installing bullseye and running update-grub without any manual
> intervention, I wish appropriate lines to read:
> Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) (full-10)
> Debian GNU/Linux 10 (bullseye) (minimal-11)
>
> Possible?
> If so, how?
Devise a script to replace "root=..." in grub.cfg. Run the script from
/usr/sbin/update-grub.
--
Brian.
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