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Idea #5686: Write new entries into already existing grub

Written by steve196 the 25 Mar 08 at 13:50. Category: System. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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If grub already exists because some other operating system installed it, ubuntu should offer the option to just write its own three entries into the boot menu of the existing grub, instead of overwriting it with its own version.
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Written by steve196 the 25 Mar 08 at 13:50.
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jrusinek wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 16:23
That's good idea.

seanlynch wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 19:52
suse yast does this for grub.

yast is now open source so the code can be reused under gpl for ubuntu.
http://developer.novell.com/wiki/index.php/YaST

jpietari wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 04:02
I think this is a great idea. I have 2 harddrives and when I upgrade, I have to link the 2 grub lists together. This allows kernel changes to be shown on the menu list.

Kivutar wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 10:57
We could use something like that : http://grubconf.sourceforge.net/?page=shots

francois wrote on the 26 Mar 08 at 13:44
Nice idea

lsdark wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 08:09
It already works like this for me : just use a separate /boot partition, all your kernels, grub and grub conf in one place !
easy no ? ;)

angelo wrote on the 17 Dec 08 at 18:44
Hmmm, do all versions of linux use the same automagic grub format? I don't remember non-debian based systems using all those # options or organizing their entries the same way. I think this is a requirement in order to properly parse the old grub file and add more entries.


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