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Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive.

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On 25 Oct 2024 08:26:21 -0700
peter@easthope.ca wrote:

>     From: David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
>     Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:22:19 -0500
> > So you've got a stable/testing/unstable system on hd1?  
> 
> hd1 has Void Linux.  They don't use the stable/testing/unstable
> terminology.
> 
> > And a 14-month old bullseye system on hd0, which is currently
> > running?  
> 
> Yes.
> root@imager:~# cat /etc/debian*
> 11.11
> 
> > The system has booted into a bookworm Grub (deb12u1).   
> 
> I don't understand.  To my understanding, booted into Debian 11 on
> hd0.
> 
> A new-to-me detail is hd0 having FAT and hd1 having GPT.
> According to this, OK for Grub2.
> https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/grub.html#BIOS-installation

Modern drives use GPT partitioning, and modern computers generally have
UEFI firmware rather than BIOS. The EFI partition *must* be one of the
FAT family, for any OS using UEFI.

-- 
Joe

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Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-10-24 22:50 +0200
  Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2024-10-24 23:00 +0200
  Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-25 05:30 +0200
    Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-10-25 17:50 +0200
      Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2024-10-25 18:10 +0200
        Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-10-25 18:40 +0200
        Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-10-25 21:00 +0200
          Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-25 21:20 +0200
            Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-10-25 22:50 +0200
              Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-10 02:30 +0100
                Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-11-12 05:00 +0100
      Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-10-25 18:50 +0200
      Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-25 20:20 +0200
  Re (2): Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-10-25 18:40 +0200
    Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-10-25 20:00 +0200
      Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-25 21:10 +0200
        Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-10-25 22:50 +0200
        Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. Felix Miata <mrmazda@stanis.net> - 2024-10-26 06:00 +0200
          Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-26 07:10 +0200
    Re: Re (2): Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2024-10-25 23:40 +0200
      [solved, partly] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-10-27 05:20 +0100
        Re: [solved, partly] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second  drive. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-10-27 16:00 +0100
          Re: [solved, partly] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-10-27 19:50 +0100
            Re: [solved, partly] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second  drive. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-10-28 12:10 +0100
              Re: [solved, partly] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second  drive. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2024-11-01 12:10 +0100
            Re: [solved, partly] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-10-28 17:30 +0100
            Re: [solved, more] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-02 16:10 +0100
              Re: [solved, more] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second  drive. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-11-04 05:50 +0100
                Re: [solved, more] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive. peter@easthope.ca - 2024-11-10 04:00 +0100
              Re: [solved, more] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second  drive. Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2024-11-04 13:50 +0100
          Re: [solved, partly] Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second  drive. Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-11-03 03:50 +0100

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