Michel Verdier: > Intense Red: > > > Looking at /boot/grub/grub.cfg it uses a function format that I > > don't recognize and cannot make easy sense of -- I just want a simple > > text entry to give me the option of booting off sdf1 or sdg1 in the > > grub menu. > > > > Can anyone whack me with a clue-bat or ELI5 me how I can edit/add > > an entry to grub.cfg? TIA. > > You can directly change /boot/grub/grub.cfg. Entry name is the first > parameter after "menuentry" : > > menuentry 'here the name' --class debian ... > > But it will be erased if you update-grub. > Alternatively you can add full menuentry blocks in /etc/grub.d/40_custom > and you will retrieve them in you grub menu even after update-grub.
Note that since June 2022, boot menu entries for other operating systems are no longer generated by default in testing and sid. To re-enable this, set GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false in /etc/default/grub. To me, this looks easier and less laborious.
