[ubuntu-uk] MS-DOS not being added to GRUB menu (Lubuntu 12.04)

[Phill Whiteside]

Where would we all be if not for drs305? aka "Mr Grub" on the forum and
wiki area :) Do pass my regards on, next time you're 'chatting'.

Phill.

On 17 March 2012 13:46, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 17 March 2012 13:17, Piskie <ub.untu at btinternet.com> wrote:
> > On 17/03/12 12:15, Liam Proven wrote:
> >>
> >> On 17 March 2012 02:43, Piskie<ub.untu at btinternet.com>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 17/03/12 01:47, Liam Proven wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I asked this on the other list, possibly by mistake.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have installed beta 1 of Lubuntu 12.04 on an old PC I'm planning to
> >>>> give
> >>>> away.
> >>>>
> >>>> The only thing that is not flawless about it is that GRUB2 has not
> >>>> picked up that the primary partition on hard disk 0 contains MS-DOS -
> >>>> 7.1, specifically, from a Windows 98SE recovery floppy. It's a small
> >>>> install - just the core utils in a \DOS directory - but when I run
> >>>> `update-grub` it appears not to notice it at all.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is there any way of manually adding an OS to GRUB2?
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile
> >>>> Email: lproven at cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven
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> >>>>
> >>> Yes - you need to edit /etc/grub.d/40_custom and add the stanza there.
> >>>
> >>> Something like
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> menuentry "msdos622 on sda1" {
> >>>    insmod chain
> >>>    insmod fat
> >>>    set root=(hd0,1)
> >>>    chainloader +1
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Change the partition numbering to suit you.
> >>>
> >>> Then you need to run sudo update-grub.
> >>>
> >>> Hope that helps
> >>
> >> Very cool indeed - I will try it and report back. Thanks!
> >>
> >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10275310&postcount=3
> >>
> >> Bah. Clearly my Google-fu is too weak. I did try searching - quite
> >> thoroughly, I thought - before asking.
> >>
> > I was not able to sleep so I had some time :)
>
> :¬D
>
> > I also have a bunch of grub2 links bookmarked - the change from grub
> threw
> > me sideways for a while, not sure that I have recovered yet.
>
> I agree! And personally I found LILO easier to configure than GRUB,
> but GRUB2 is definitely harder than GRUB1 was.
>
> > One of the grub guy' on the forum is one of my staff compadres - so I
> have a
> > back door as well :)
>
> Now that /is/ handy.
>
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