At my wit's end with grub
Rajib Bandopadhyay
bkpsusmitaa at gmail.com
Sat Aug 17 16:50:46 UTC 2013
My grub menu grub.cfg file consists of these lines(rest contents after
the file content):
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#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
}
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 93149277-7faa-41af-8606-13ab5108a64c
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=640x480
load_video
insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 93149277-7faa-41af-8606-13ab5108a64c
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 93149277-7faa-41af-8606-13ab5108a64c
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-grub.png; then
set color_normal=light-gray/black
set color_highlight=white/black
else
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem' --class
debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 93149277-7faa-41af-8606-13ab5108a64c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem
root=UUID=93149277-7faa-41af-8606-13ab5108a64c ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem
}
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem (recovery
mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,msdos6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 93149277-7faa-41af-8606-13ab5108a64c
echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem
root=UUID=93149277-7faa-41af-8606-13ab5108a64c ro single
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
# ----------------------------------------
# ENTER CLOOP BOOT DATA HERE
# ----------------------------------------
}
menuentry "Knoppix Image" {
echo 1
echo 2
linux (hd0,3)/boot/isolinux/linux root=/dev/ram rw
ramdisk_size=100000 lang=us apm=power-off nomce xmodule=fbdev
tz=/Asia/Kolkata
echo 3
initrd (hd0,3)/boot/isolinux/minirt.gz
}
}
menuentry "Test Menu" {
}
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
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I wish to enter these menulists below and they worked earlier, but
somehow got broken and is not working anymore! Even the dummy menu
entry "Test Menu" doesn't show up in the list.
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}
menuentry "Knoppix Image" {
echo 1
echo 2
linux (hd0,3)/boot/isolinux/linux root=/dev/ram rw
ramdisk_size=100000 lang=us apm=power-off nomce xmodule=fbdev
tz=/Asia/Kolkata
echo 3
initrd (hd0,3)/boot/isolinux/minirt.gz
}
}
menuentry "test Amatix ISO" {
insmod ext3
set root=(hd0,1)
loopback loop /amatix/AmatixOffice_2_3.iso
linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz1 boot=live persistent quickreboot
noautologin noxautologin nosudo nonetworking swapon nouser
union=aufs|unionfs
initrd (loop)/live/initrd1.img
}
}
menuentry "Amatix loopback" {
insmod ext3
echo 1
set root=(hd0,1)
echo 2
linux (hd0,3)/amatix/live/vmlinuz1 boot=live persistent
quickreboot noautologin noxautologin nosudo nonetworking swapon nouser
union=aufs|unionfs
echo 3
initrd (hd0,3))/amatix/live/initrd1.img
}
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Where am I going wrong?
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