[SOLVED] Help me remove broken Grub2 Windows entry.

Lumify · 02-15-2012, 03:16 AM

In Grub2, I have the following entries:

Code:

Debian Kernel whatever
Debian Kernel whatever recovery
Windows 7 (Loader)
'Windows

That last entry is exactly as typed above. I think it ended up there because I was messing around with restoring Clonezilla partition images to other partitions. Searching around only tells me how to remove kernels or do fancy scripting stuff to hide Windows entries. I want to fix the cause of the problem.

Some more info: That ' before Windows looks like it's opening a quote. It's not just a flat '. When I try to boot into it instead of the third option, it says "err: disk missing".

jv2112 · 02-15-2012, 04:13 AM

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/g...mozTocId542243

zhjim · 02-15-2012, 05:23 AM

grub2 creates it config from files within /etc/grub2. There should be a file ##_other_os. Inside you can remove one of the entries and rebuild your config.
(This is from mind but shows the way)

Lumify · 02-15-2012, 05:33 AM

After looking through my grub.cfg, I realized that the only script that could be creating it was /etc/grub.d/40_custom. Lo and behold, I had a custom entry in there from months ago that somehow never was loaded. :P

By the way jv, that's a great link. I found a bunch of info on the subject, but none as concise as that one. Bookmarked.