[NBLUG/talk] Help with Grub2

[Peter Lutz]

Thank you, Omar.

The boot selection process in BIOS works fine.  It's not quite what I was
looking for, but it solves the problem for a first pass.  I'll continue
working on GRUB2, as it does appear to be broken.  At least with F11 (on
my MoBo) I can boot all the systems at will.

Peter

On 09/10/2014 08:47 AM, Omar Eljumaily wrote:
> How are you trying to accomplish multi-boot?  If each OS has its own disk, the
> easiest way to accomplish that is to F12 at boot (or whatever the bios says) and
> select the disk.
>
> You should also be able to enter grub at boot time on the primary disk, mount
> the disk you want, and the boot into it.  If you want a menu that pops and gives
> you a selection, I had this problem with Windows XP and 7.  I had to use a free
> proprietary software that does it.  I didn't find any open source utilities that
> would do it.
>
> Omar
>
>
> On 9/9/2014 9:43 PM, Peter Lutz wrote:
>> I'm trying to multi-boot a machine with three disks holding Ubuntu
>> 14.04, 12.04 and Windows Vista.  Each disk will boot and run fine if

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