On Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 10:51:49 PM UTC-4, yreb-qusw wrote:
> On 07/01/2017 02:46 PM, Unman wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 01, 2017 at 12:49:59PM -1000, yreb-qusw wrote:
> >> On 07/01/2017 12:10 PM, Unman wrote:
> >>> Nothing will go wrong if you get the partition specification wrong -
> >>> Windows wont boot and you will see an error message.
> >>> From what you have said you have two options: msdos1 and msdos2.
> >>> In grub partitions are numbered starting from 1, so these can be
> >>> referenced as hd0,msdos1 and hd0,msdos2.
> >>> Just create two entries, one for each partition, and try to boot: if
> >>> the first fails, reboot and choose the second.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd be happy to if I had a clue what that means like what ?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> menuentry "Windows" {
> >> insmod part_msdos
> >> insmod ntldr
> >> insmod ntfs
> >> ntldr (hd0,msdos1)/bootmgr
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >> menuentry "Windows" {
> >> insmod part_msdos
> >> insmod ntldr
> >> insmod ntfs
> >> ntldr (hd1,1)/bootmgr
> >> }
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Again, lets say it might be hd0 it might be hd1 , it might be partition
> >> msdos1 msdos2 or ? should it just be labeled 1 or 2
> >>
> >> then I would put in 4 entries or reboot and just keep guessing on the
> >> format
> >>
> >
> > No need to guess:
> > grub references disks numbering from 0
> > grub references partitions numbering from 1
> >
> > So the first partition on the first disk would be hd0,msdos1. (also
> > hd0,1 - doesn't matter)
> > The third partition on a second disk would be hd1,msdos3
> >
> > So now you can create two menu entries, one for each partition: Give them
> > different names - like this - menuentry "Windows msdos1"
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> PS: What is supposed to happen ? Where and When am I to make the choice
> >> to
> >> boot the win10 vs Qubes .....
> >
> > When you start the machine you will see the grub menu - It should
> > contain a menu (obviously) with entries for Qubes, and the two entries
> > you have just created.
> > You can press up and down keys to move up and down the entries -
> > Pressing enter will try to boot with the highlighted entry.
> > (There are instructions under the menu)
> >
>
> And when one does :
>
> sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
>
> Should one be seeing something lie 'found windows .img" image or does
> it matter ?
>
> I'm seeing nothing when I run grub2-mkconfig and also nothing
>
> with any of my entries at boot using both suggested versions of
> the 'entry/stanza's' in /etc/grub.d/40_custom
>
>
> I'm sort of doubting its supposed to be /etc/grub.d/40_custom, with
> the comma at the end, and the docs have a typo ?
doesn't matter.
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