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

[Bill Davidsen]

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.


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