LinuxQuestions.org - [SOLVED] Boot menu not matching grub.cfg

I had debian squeeze already installed, then installed win 7. Windows overwrote by MBR, as I expected it to, so I used an ubuntu live cd to reinstall grub2 to debian root.

I rebooted, and sure enough I had grub back. The boot menu has debian on it. Just debian (crunchbang actually, but its the same thing).

So I added a script in /etc/grub.d (called Windows_11) to create a windows chainloader entry in grub.cfg, and ran update-grub.

Update-grub picks up my /etc/grub.d/Windows_11 script, and adds an appropriate chainloader entry to /boot/grub/grub.cfg.

So I would expect this new chainloader entry to show up in my boot menu when I boot up. But it doesn't; on booting I only have the option to select debian.

Here is my /boot/grub/grub.cfg -

Code:

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

menuentry 'CrunchBang Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686' --class crunchbang --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {

        insmod part_msdos

        insmod ext2

        set root='(hd0,msdos1)'

        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3c06cb6-5520-404a-af49-8fd2940d7673

        echo        'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'

        linux        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=b3c06cb6-5520-404a-af49-8fd2940d7673 ro selinux=1 quiet splash

        echo        'Loading initial ramdisk ...'

        initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686

}

menuentry 'CrunchBang Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (recovery mode)' --class crunchbang --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {

        insmod part_msdos

        insmod ext2

        set root='(hd0,msdos1)'

        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3c06cb6-5520-404a-af49-8fd2940d7673

        echo        'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-686 ...'

        linux        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 root=UUID=b3c06cb6-5520-404a-af49-8fd2940d7673 ro single selinux=1

        echo        'Loading initial ramdisk ...'

        initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686

}

menuentry 'CrunchBang Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-3-686' --class crunchbang --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {

        insmod part_msdos

        insmod ext2

        set root='(hd0,msdos1)'

        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3c06cb6-5520-404a-af49-8fd2940d7673

        echo        'Loading Linux 2.6.32-3-686 ...'

        linux        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 root=UUID=b3c06cb6-5520-404a-af49-8fd2940d7673 ro selinux=1 quiet splash

        echo        'Loading initial ramdisk ...'

        initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686

}

menuentry 'CrunchBang Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (recovery mode)' --class crunchbang --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {

        insmod part_msdos

        insmod ext2

        set root='(hd0,msdos1)'

        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b3c06cb6-5520-404a-af49-8fd2940d7673

        echo        'Loading Linux 2.6.32-3-686 ...'

        linux        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-3-686 root=UUID=b3c06cb6-5520-404a-af49-8fd2940d7673 ro single selinux=1

        echo        'Loading initial ramdisk ...'

        initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-3-686

}

### 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.

### 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 ###



### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/Windows_11 ###

menuentry “Windows 7″ {

set root=(hd0,3)

chainloader +1

}

### END /etc/grub.d/Windows_11 ###

So the boot menu is not reflecting the content of grub.cfg. I tried moving the chainloader section into the same section as the debian entries but it still didn't show up in the boot menu.

How is this even possible?

Any help gratefully accepted.

Spoov