Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 05:50:21PM -0400, fsmithred wrote: > On 08/29/2017 11:09 AM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I've looked at the grub.cfg file in /boot. It explicitly contains the > > name of the old root partition in the Linux line of the stanza for the new > > system. So after loading the

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 02:23:27PM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > However, when booting the unidentified Linux system, it mounts exactly > > the same partitions as the old Linux system. It appears to > > completely ignore the new /etc/fstab in

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

Hendrik Boom wrote: > However, when booting the unidentified Linux system, it mounts exactly > the same partitions as the old Linux system. It appears to > completely ignore the new /etc/fstab in the new system. Are you using an initrd/initramfs ? If so, did you

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 07:57:09AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 07:40:06AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > It's as if grub-update found the new system, but for perverse reasons > > still used the /etc/fstab in the old system instead of the one in the > > new system.

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 07:40:06AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:15:03PM -0400, fsmithred wrote: > > On 08/28/2017 07:59 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > > Anyway, as I mentined in another post a few minutes ago, it does seem > > > to be recognising it after all, but as

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:15:03PM -0400, fsmithred wrote: > On 08/28/2017 07:59 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Anyway, as I mentined in another post a few minutes ago, it does seem > > to be recognising it after all, but as a unknown Linux distro, > > failing tto notice it's Devun. > > This

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 10:15:03PM -0400, fsmithred wrote: > On 08/28/2017 07:59 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Anyway, as I mentined in another post a few minutes ago, it does seem > > to be recognising it after all, but as a unknown Linux distro, > > failing tto notice it's Devun. > > This

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On 08/28/2017 07:59 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Anyway, as I mentined in another post a few minutes ago, it does seem > to be recognising it after all, but as a unknown Linux distro, > failing tto notice it's Devun. This is correct. Grub does not recognize devuan. Add a stanza for devuan to

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 08:25:19PM -0500, Hector Gonzalez wrote: > On 08/28/2017 06:59 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:50:42PM -0500, Hector Gonzalez wrote: > >>On 08/28/2017 06:35 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >>>On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 03:56:13PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: >

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On 08/28/2017 06:59 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:50:42PM -0500, Hector Gonzalez wrote: On 08/28/2017 06:35 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 03:56:13PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:37:04PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: Now I can't

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:50:42PM -0500, Hector Gonzalez wrote: > On 08/28/2017 06:35 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 03:56:13PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > >>On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:37:04PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >>>Now I can't figure out how to set options so that

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On 08/28/2017 06:35 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 03:56:13PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:37:04PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: Now I can't figure out how to set options so that update-grub uses os-prober. You do have the os-prober package installed,

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 03:56:13PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:37:04PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > Now I can't figure out how to set options so that update-grub uses > > os-prober. > > You do have the os-prober package installed, yes? Wait a minute. It did

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 03:56:13PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:37:04PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > Now I can't figure out how to set options so that update-grub uses > > os-prober. > > You do have the os-prober package installed, yes? Yes.

Re: [DNG] using os-prober

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:37:04PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > Now I can't figure out how to set options so that update-grub uses > os-prober. You do have the os-prober package installed, yes? Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype:

[DNG] using os-prober

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 07:48:22PM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Do I understand correctly that grub-install will scan my only hard > > drive looking for (at least) bootable Linux systems? And that as a > > result, running grub-install on the