FC18 install - doesn't offer other OS on the drive

[Bill Davidsen]

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Carroll Grigsby wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:15:07 +0000
>> Jorge Martínez López <jorgeml at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> 2013/1/25 Bill Davidsen <davidsen at tmr.com>
>>>
>>>> I'll see if a different subject, devoid of anything but the
>>>> question, brings a response. When I installed FC18 on a drive with
>>>> FC17 and XP the installer didn't offer an option to boot those OS
>>>> as alternatives.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a bug or by design.
>>>
>>>
>>> I installed F18 in a Macbook Pro with Mac OS X in another partition
>>> and Mac OS X shows up in Grub.
>>>
>>> I am not sure if it is the task of the installer to set up booting
>>> other operating systems. It is Grub that enables that. Grub2 looks
>>> for other operating systems when updating its config and it should
>>> add them to the menu "automagically".
>>>
>>> To update Grub's config I run:
>>>
>>> # grub2-mkconfig /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
>>>
>>> (Note: I use Grub2 and BIOS, configuration for EFI is different)
>>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>
>> Try it this way:
>> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
>>
> Thanks I'll try that and see if it finds the other OS on the drive.
>
It didn't find either other OS, and copying stanzas from the fc17 grub2 didn't 
work, either.


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