On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 9:04:52 AM UTC-4, Unman wrote: > On Sun, Oct 09, 2016 at 09:13:22PM -0700, [email protected] wrote: > > On Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 11:04:18 AM UTC-4, Tobias Kah wrote: > > > I did what the Documentation for Multibooting said and added Stanzas for > > > Windows and Linux Mint to Grub 2 to /etc/grub.d/40_custom after > > > installing Qubes. > > > > > > My Partitions are the following: > > > > > > > > > sda1 "DellUtility" vfat > > > > > > sda2 "RECOVERY" ntfs > > > > > > sda3 "OS" ntfs > > > > > > sda4 extended > > > > > > > > > sda7 Qubes ext4 > > > > > > > > > sda8 Qubes crypto_LUKS > > > > > > > > > sda5 Linux Mint Swap > > > > > > > > > sda6 Linux Mint ext4 > > > > > > > > > My /etc/grub.d/40_custom looks like this after adding the stanzas: > > > > > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > > > exec tail -n +3 $0 > > > # > > > # > > > # > > > # > > > > > > menuentry "Linux Mint 18" { > > > > > > set root=(hd0,5) > > > > > > chainloader +1 > > > > > > } > > > > > > > > > menuentry "Winodws 7" { > > > > > > insmod part_msdos > > > > > > insmod ntldr > > > > > > insmod ntfs > > > > > > ntldr (hd0,2)/bootmgr > > > > > > } > > > > > > I've tried out all possible partitions for root=() and ntldr () but the > > > Linux always gives me "error: Invalid Signature. Press any key to > > > continue." > > > > > > Did I do any mistake while editing the 40_custom file? > > > > > > For Windows I get something like > > > > > > > > > "Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software change might be > > > the cause. To fix this problem: > > > > > > 1. Insert your Windows installation disk > > > > > > 2. Choose language > > > > > > 3. Click repair your computer > > > > > > > > > file: \boot\BCD > > > > > > Status: 0xc0000225 > > > > > > Info: An error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration > > > data." > > > > > > Is that really necessary (I don't have such a disk)? There should not > > > have been made any changes to the Windows Partition so I do not > > > understand why it won't boot... > > > > > > > > > I really appreciate any ideas on how to fix this issue. > > > > load a live mint disk. follow these instructions to reinstall grub > > https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/245 > > > > Then boot into mint. then go to /etc/grub.d/40_custom file. in there you > > will paste everything from the qubes /boot partition. from > > /boot/grub/grub2/grub.cfg file (or something like that) the whole section > > between where it says xen. then update grub and reboot and qubes and > > windows should be in the mint grub. > > I don't understand these suggestions to reinstall grub, when there > is a working grub.It's the configuration that is wrong as I pointed > out. > > Also, there's no need to run a live distro of any sort, assuming Qubes > boots fine. It would be simpler to mount the mint partition, grab the > files from there and paste directly in to the /boot partition. > > But I'd suggest trying to fig the partition references in grub.cfg first. > > unman
just saying what i find simpler, and how I do it myself. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/ead2eb96-9b90-4ef4-aea5-9a4165f68c81%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
