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 figure out how to set options so that update-grub uses
os-prober.
You do have the os-prober package installed, yes?
Yes.

root@notlookedfor:/boot/grub# which os-prober
/usr/bin/os-prober
root@notlookedfor:/boot/grub#

I'm running a Devuan Jessie system.
-- hendrik

I did this a few days ago, try commenting out the option completely, the
default is to run os-prober.
Originally, the option was not present at all.  I added the option in
myself.  Being totally absent should be as good as commented out,
right?

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.  And I don't get a bootmenu stanza.

-- hendrik
Ok, I just found out the problem with my test install, I installed with debootstrap, but forgot to add a kernel. Please check your /target/boot directory, it may be empty, os-prober finds library files, and assumes it's a bootable linux system, but checks for a kernel at a later time. If you want it identified as a debian system, copy etc/devuan_version to etc/debian_version (I don't know if it has any side effects, but it's easier to rename the grub entry).

--
Héctor González
ca...@genac.org

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