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

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Grub menu entry for a system on a second drive.
Date	2024-11-12 05:00 +0100
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On Sat 09 Nov 2024 at 17:03:53 (-0700), peter@easthope.ca wrote:
>     From: David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
>     Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:12:21 -0500
> > So you need to boot into your bullseye system, and run
> >   # grub-install /dev/sdX
> > where X is probably a, your first disk.
> 
> Done.  Resulting menu here.
> https://easthope.ca/GrubMenu1.jpg
> 
> For reference, this was the earlier menu. 
> https://easthope.ca/GrubMenu.jpg

I've always felt it a failing that Grub's mkconfig strips the
suite and root disk information from the principal menuentries.

> > I'm not sure why you want to avoid running os-prober: 
> 
> If I avoid dopey blunders, 40_custom can achieve the same result 
> while requiring clearer thought.  Also there's security.
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2021-December/041769.html

Fair enough: I don't know the environment of your machines.
For single user machines like mine, it's difficult to see
how os-prober's vulnerabilities would be exploited.

Cheers,
David.

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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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