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Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot

From	Dan Norton <dnorton@mindspring.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Debian 8 and Debian 9 Dual Boot
Date	2017-12-28 01:00 +0100
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On 12/23/2017 11:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote:

> Dan Norton composed on 2017-12-23 19:15 (UTC-0500):
>
>> Felix Miata wrote:
>> The menu inside the box is:
>> Debian GNU/Linux
>> Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux
>> Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/mapper/vol1-root)
>> Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie) (on /dev/mapper/vol1-root)
>> Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid (on /dev/mapper/vol3-root)
>> Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid (on /dev/mapper/vol3-root)
>> The first two boot stretch, so they will eventually have "9 (stretch)
>> (on /dev/mapper/vol2-root)" appended, once the timeout is under control.
> Based on what I see and what you say, it seems you are modifying the timeout for
> Stretch (/etc/default/grub on vol2), but actually booting Stretch from Jessie's
> grub.cfg (/etc/default/grub on vol1), which remains configured to 3 seconds.

That seems reasonable, but I've tried modifying the timeout after 
booting each of the installations. The timeout remains immutable. It's 
as if update-grub is not using what is in grub.d for timeout value. But 
where does 3s come from?

>
> Is there more than one directory in /boot/efi/EFI/? If not, it's likely time for
> you to explore using /etc/default/grub's GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= option. I need to
> (only one Debian, but 3 openSUSEs installed), but have been putting it off,
> using Stretch's menu for all.

There is only onedirectory in /boot/efi/EFI/ :

root@BR914:/# ls -la /boot/efi/EFI
total 12
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Dec  4 22:11 .
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Dec 31  1969 ..
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Dec  4 22:11 debian

How would GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=help the timeout= problem? OTOH, to change 
the wording of menu entries, I can edit grub.d files.

Thread

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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