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| From | Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot |
| Date | 2017-12-29 23:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <v2bDs-67J-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <uR14J-4iq-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <uRfKq-4YA-17@gated-at.bofh.it> <uZ5Ed-PA-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <uZeo9-6YN-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <v23mx-k5-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On 12/29/2017 08:52 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Le 21/12/2017 à 20:07, Dan Norton a écrit : >>> >>>>> Disklabel type: gpt >>>>> Disk identifier: A615A904-0620-459F-BF44-5E53E54FDF24 >>>>> Device Start End Sectors Size Type >>>>> /dev/sda1 2048 411647 409600 200M BIOS boot > (...) >>>>> Is there a problem here? > > Yes. /dev/sda1 has the type "BIOS boot" but is actually used as an EFI > system partition, according to df and /etc/fstab. So it should have > the type "EFI system". > Ah. Getting this right is a problem for me, but when the installer does all the partitioning, the right choices seem to be made. >> Before moving on to multiboot with LVM and GPT, I'd like to change >> the menu entries to something more consistent. The last install is >> referred to as "Debian GNU/Linux" but that's ambiguous. Which Debian >> GNU/Linux? If each entry was in the form "Debian GNU/Linux 9 >> (stretch) (on /dev/mapper/vol2-root)" that would really be explicit. >> Also I want some more time to mull over which to boot. > > The details for other detected OSes are provided by os-prober. The > entry title for the main OS is derived from the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR > variable in /etc/default/grub. You can tweak it to fit your needs. If > lsb-release is installed, changing -i to -d will provide more details > such as the Debian version and codename. > Very helpful. Actually the name is "lsb_release". I need to study the shell - not sure about that GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR statement. Will definitely change the -i to -d. Why isn't -ds needed?
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Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-13 04:50 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-11-13 07:20 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-13 16:30 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-11-13 20:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-13 21:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-14 00:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-11-14 01:50 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-14 03:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-11-14 04:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-14 04:50 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-16 19:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-11-16 20:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-16 23:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-16 20:30 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-11-16 21:20 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-29 19:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-29 19:20 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-29 19:50 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-11-29 19:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-29 21:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-29 22:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-29 22:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-30 03:20 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-29 22:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-29 23:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-17 00:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-11-29 10:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-11-13 20:20 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-14 00:30 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2017-11-14 00:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2017-11-13 10:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-13 17:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Jochen Spieker <ml@well-adjusted.de> - 2017-11-13 21:30 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-11-13 13:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2017-11-13 17:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-13 18:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-13 17:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-13 20:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-29 04:20 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Michael Fothergill <michael.fothergill@gmail.com> - 2017-11-29 08:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-11-29 10:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-11-29 19:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-11-29 20:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-11-29 20:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-21 10:50 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-12-21 20:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-21 21:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-12-21 23:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-12-21 23:10 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-21 23:20 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-12-23 21:20 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-23 22:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-12-24 01:20 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-24 05:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-12-28 01:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-28 07:40 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-12-28 07:50 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-12-28 10:50 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-12-28 21:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-12-29 15:00 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com> - 2017-12-29 23:50 +0100
Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-12-30 00:40 +0100
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