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Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot

From	Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot
Date	2017-12-30 00:40 +0100
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Le 29/12/2017 à 23:46, Dan Norton a écrit :
> On 12/29/2017 08:52 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>>
>> 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".

lsb-release is the name of the Debian package providing the lsb_release 
command.

> 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?

What do you mean ? -s is already present in the line.
Note that you can define your own static text instead of the shell command.

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  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
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            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
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        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
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    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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