Bug#560415: grub-common: /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober detects and creates entries for an external backup disk!

[Francesco Poli]

On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:28:06 +0100 Felix Zielcke wrote:

> Am Freitag, den 11.12.2009, 00:34 +0100 schrieb Francesco Poli (t1000):
[...]
> > Anyway, is it possible to disable one device or, at least, to disable
> > 30_os-prober entirely?
> > I cannot find the Right Way™ to do so.
> 
> You can just purge os-prober. We only recommend it and don't depend on
> it.

I've just tried and it seems to do the trick.

After

  # aptitude --purge-unused purge os-prober
  # update-grub

the new /boot/grub/grub.cfg does not include anything added by
30_os-prober:

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

After all, since the box has one OS only, I don't think I'll ever need
os-prober...

> As alternative or maybe just do both if you don't need os-prober at all,
> set GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=true in /etc/default/grub

I will try to keep this option in mind, should I need to disable
30_os-prober without removing os-prober...


Thanks a lot for your quick and helpful reply!   ;-)


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