Thanks Akemi. That's exactly what I needed to make it permanent.
Regards Bill Maidment -----Original message----- > From:Akemi Yagi <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday 8th October 2014 11:59 > To: Bill Maidment <[email protected]> > Cc: Users, Scientific Linux ([email protected]) > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: SL7rc Dual Boot Issues > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Bill Maidment <[email protected]> wrote: > > Looking at the Disk utility, it turns out that the install had set up the > > disks correctly, in spite of what the install menu showed. > > I added the following to /etc/grub2/grub.cfg just after the 10-linux > > section: > > > > menuentry "Windows 7 Professional SP1" { > > insmod ntfs > > set root=(hd1,2) > > chainloader +1 } > > > > And all is working OK, except now I have a laptop fan running all the time > > at full speed. > > Did you mean the /boot/grub2/grub.cfg file? If so, your edit will be > wiped clean when grub2-mkconfig is run next time (kernel update etc). > > To modify grub.cfg, you'd need to create a file in /etc/grub.d/ (for > example, 11_Windows7): > > #! /bin/bash > echo "Adding Windows7" > cat << EOF > menuentry "Windows7" { > set root=hd0(1,2) > chainloader +1 > } > EOF > > Make the file executable and then run: > > grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > > Akemi > >
