Hi Pierre, I've taken further advice from drs305 on this one and enclose the conversation for you.
(22:03:21) drs305: phillw: Yes. Grub2 still doesn't get the names right and I don't think it's been fixed. (22:03:58) drs305: Either a custom menu named 09_custom so it's at the top, or modify 30_os-prober. (22:07:15) drs305: I don't have a Custom menu section. I forgot and was looking at my tweaks. (22:07:30) drs305: meierfra has a good custom menu post. I'll get it. (22:07:58) drs305: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/bootinfoscript/index.php?title=Boot_Problems:Custom_Menu (22:08:50) drs305: All they would do is copy the entire menuentry section into 40_custom, edit the name between the quotes, and then save it as 09_custom and make it executable. If you have any further questions, you can catch drs305 via his grub2 thread at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275 Regards, Phill. On 23 September 2010 21:09, Phill Whiteside <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pierre, > > It's not actually Windows fault on this one (which I know is rare). More > and more manufacturers are using hidden partitions as it saves them shipping > out a recovery CD / DVD. For the re-installation of the Vista / Win7 MBR and > also grub2 have a read of http://forum.phillw.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5 I've > tried to condense what all those How-To's cover into a one stop area for > people as quick reference guide for when things go wrong. The links take you > to the forum area where you can receive further help on any of the potential > problems. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > > On 23 September 2010 16:33, Goh Lip <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thursday 23,September,2010 09:52 PM, Pierre Yahoo wrote: >> >>> Grub does not detect all partitions possibly because a system has both a >>> rescue partition and a main partition for Windows. Happened to me on 2 >>> Vista machines. Reinsalling Vista did not fix the problem. Also tried >>> to reinstall GRUB and update it without success. Also tried and failed >>> with the Vista bootrec commands. >>> >> >> Pierre, there is a post in Ubuntu mailing list with a similar problem.... >> >> On 21 September 2010 21:28, Goh Lip <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Colin, instead of using (hd0,x) as done earlier, for a permanent more >>>> failsafe manual entry for windows, make it use uuid as well too, as an >>>> example.... >>>> >>>> >>>> menuentry "Windows Vista" { >>>> insmod ntfs >>>> set root=(hd0,x) >>>> search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> chainloader +1 >>>> } >>>> >>>> >>> I was in the process of following this advice when I looked more >>> carefully at grub.cfg and realised that I had misinterpreted the >>> problem. It is actually on a relative's machine several hundred miles >>> away which has complicated things a bit. The Vista boot is not >>> missing at all, it is just wrongly labeled in the boot menu. There >>> should be a Windows Recovery entry and a Vista entry, (and my relative >>> is confident that there used to be a Vista one, but is not sure what >>> the recovery one was labeled as). Now, however, the recovery one is >>> labeled "Windows NT/2000/XP (on /dev/sda1)" and the Vista one is >>> labeled "Windows Recovery Environment (loader) (on /dev/sda2)" which >>> is rather confusing to say the least. >>> >>> In order to avoid confusion I am going ahead with a custom entry for >>> Vista as you have suggested. It would be nice to hide the erroneous >>> entries but I have not been able to work out how to do that. >>> >>> Sorry for messing everyone about with faulty info. >>> >> >> >> >> See if this also happens to you, ie., the recovery entry is the 'real >> entry' and the 'system' entry is the recovery entry for Vista. >> >> You can check too as per my post to Colin earlier.. >> >> > You should check if you can boot up windows if you do the following at >>>>> > the grub prompt (press 'c' at grub menu) >>>>> > set root=(hd0,x) >>>>> > chainloader +1 >>>>> > boot >>>>> >>>> >> > where (hd0,x) is /dev/sdax of the windows partition, (usually x=1) >>>>> >>>> >> >> Regards - Goh Lip >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-desktop >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >
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