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Old 09-13-2014, 10:38 AM   #1
radiodee1
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unwanted Fedora grub2 always boots on dual boot system

HI. This is my first post in the fedora section. I am a long time debian user. I had debian testing on my intel laptop and installed fedora 21 on it. After installing fedora grub2 on the laptop booting up always started from the fedora partition. I can update the debian kernel and run '# update-grub' and the fedora options still override the debian ones. I also tried to add a splash screen to the fedora grub, but running '# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg' does not change anything.

I looked at gparted and found no special partition for booting. I tried to look for an alternate grub.cfg file in other locations and found none. I specifically looked for something in the '/boot/efi/EFI/fedora' folder. Nothing.

Below is my 'df -h' output:

df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda7 101G 21G 75G 22% /
devtmpfs 2.9G 0 2.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 2.9G 152K 2.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 2.9G 852K 2.9G 1% /run
tmpfs 2.9G 0 2.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs 2.9G 24K 2.9G 1% /tmp
tmpfs 588M 20K 588M 1% /run/user/1000

Below is (some of) my 'bootinfoscript' output. It mostly shows the debian grub info, while the fedora info is definitley the one that is used by the computer.

Code:
                  Boot Info Script 0.61      [1 April 2012]


============================= Boot Info Summary: ===============================

 => Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of 
    the same hard drive for core.img, but core.img can not be found at this 
    location.

sda3: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 
    Operating System:  
    Boot files:        

sda4: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       Extended Partition
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 

sda5: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       swap
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 

sda6: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 
    Operating System:  Debian GNU/Linux jessie/sid
    Boot files:        /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab

sda7: __________________________________________________________________________

    File system:       ext4
    Boot sector type:  -
    Boot sector info: 
    Operating System:  Fedora release 21 (Twenty One) 
                       Kernel on an ()
    Boot files:        /boot/grub2/grub.cfg /etc/fstab

============================ Drive/Partition Info: =============================

Drive: sda _____________________________________________________________________

Disk /dev/sda: 465.8 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Partition  Boot  Start Sector    End Sector  # of Sectors  Id System

/dev/sda3              81,920   629,385,215   629,303,296  83 Linux
/dev/sda4         629,387,262   976,771,071   347,383,810   5 Extended
/dev/sda5         947,476,480   976,771,071    29,294,592  82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6         843,653,120   947,476,479   103,823,360  83 Linux
/dev/sda7    *    629,387,264   843,651,071   214,263,808  83 Linux


"blkid" output: ________________________________________________________________

Device           UUID                                   TYPE       LABEL

/dev/sda3        5f191aca-0b6d-4a61-a5bf-35fedc3ee74f   ext4       
/dev/sda5        6505adec-0cd3-4ce1-b652-0c18c296f0ec   swap       
/dev/sda6        abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e   ext4       
/dev/sda7        7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1   ext4       

================================ Mount points: =================================

Device           Mount_Point              Type       Options

/dev/sda7        /                        ext4       (rw,relatime,seclabel,data=ordered)


=========================== sda6/boot/grub/grub.cfg: ===========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# 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
  set have_grubenv=true
  load_env
fi
set default="0"

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

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 {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=en_US
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
fi
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/joy-grub.png; then
  set color_normal=white/black
  set color_highlight=black/white
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 ###
function gfxmode {
	set gfxpayload="${1}"
}
set linux_gfx_mode=
export linux_gfx_mode
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
	load_video
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,msdos6'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
	fi
	echo	'Loading Linux 3.14-2-686-pae ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro debug ignore_loglevel verbose
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-686-pae
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.14-2-686-pae' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.14-2-686-pae-advanced-abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 3.14-2-686-pae ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro debug ignore_loglevel verbose
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-686-pae
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.14-2-686-pae-recovery-abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 3.14-2-686-pae ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro single debug ignore_loglevel
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-686-pae
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.14-1-686-pae' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.14-1-686-pae-advanced-abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
		load_video
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 3.14-1-686-pae ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-1-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro debug ignore_loglevel verbose
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-686-pae
	}
---edit...---


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sda6: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)


========================== sda7/boot/grub2/grub.cfg: ===========================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set pager=1

if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
   set default="${next_entry}"
   set next_entry=
   save_env next_entry
   set boot_once=true
else
   set default="${saved_entry}"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

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 {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

terminal_output console
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
  set timeout_style=menu
  set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
  set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 3.16.2-301.fc21.x86_64' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.16.2-301.fc21.x86_64-advanced-7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1' {
	load_video
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,msdos7'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos7 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos7 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos7 --hint='hd0,msdos7'  7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1
	fi
	linux16 /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.2-301.fc21.x86_64 root=UUID=7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1 ro vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16   ; verbose 
	initrd16 /boot/initramfs-3.16.2-301.fc21.x86_64.img
}
menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 3.16.2-300.fc21.x86_64' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.16.2-300.fc21.x86_64-advanced-7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1' {
	load_video
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,msdos7'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos7 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos7 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos7 --hint='hd0,msdos7'  7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1
	fi
	linux16 /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.2-300.fc21.x86_64 root=UUID=7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1 ro vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16   ; verbose 
	initrd16 /boot/initramfs-3.16.2-300.fc21.x86_64.img
}
menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 3.16.1-301.fc21.x86_64' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.16.1-301.fc21.x86_64-advanced-7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1' {
	load_video
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,msdos7'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos7 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos7 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos7 --hint='hd0,msdos7'  7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1
	fi
	linux16 /boot/vmlinuz-3.16.1-301.fc21.x86_64 root=UUID=7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1 ro vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16   ; verbose 
	initrd16 /boot/initramfs-3.16.1-301.fc21.x86_64.img
}
menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 0-rescue-a171d5b56b344c2f86c6add16a55a657' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-0-rescue-a171d5b56b344c2f86c6add16a55a657-advanced-7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1' {
	load_video
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,msdos7'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos7 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos7 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos7 --hint='hd0,msdos7'  7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1
	fi
	linux16 /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-a171d5b56b344c2f86c6add16a55a657 root=UUID=7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1 ro vconsole.font=latarcyrheb-sun16   ; verbose 
	initrd16 /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-a171d5b56b344c2f86c6add16a55a657.img
}

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

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux (jessie/sid) (on /dev/sda6)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-simple-abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,msdos6'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
	fi
	linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro debug ignore_loglevel verbose
	initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-686-pae
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux (jessie/sid) (on /dev/sda6)' $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-advanced-abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux (on /dev/sda6)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae--abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		fi
		linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro debug ignore_loglevel verbose
		initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-686-pae
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (on /dev/sda6)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae--abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		fi
		linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro debug ignore_loglevel verbose
		initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-686-pae
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda6)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae-root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro single debug ignore_loglevel-abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		fi
		linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.14-2-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro single debug ignore_loglevel
		initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.14-2-686-pae
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.14-1-686-pae (on /dev/sda6)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-1-686-pae--abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		fi
		linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.14-1-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro debug ignore_loglevel verbose
		initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-686-pae
	}
	menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 3.14-1-686-pae (recovery mode) (on /dev/sda6)' --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-gnulinux-/boot/vmlinuz-3.14-1-686-pae-root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro single debug ignore_loglevel-abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e' {
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos6'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6 --hint='hd0,msdos6'  abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e
		fi
		linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.14-1-686-pae root=UUID=abc66469-c3e8-41e8-b08b-9bd1fcefea9e ro single debug ignore_loglevel
		initrd /boot/initrd.img-3.14-1-686-pae
	}
}

### 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  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=============================== sda7/etc/fstab: ================================

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Thu Jul  3 15:23:34 2014
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
UUID=7905d692-3ae2-47ca-a306-2917bd2320a1 /                       ext4    defaults        1 1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

=================== sda7: Location of files loaded by Grub: ====================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)


================= sda7: Location of files loaded by Syslinux: ==================

           GiB - GB             File                                 Fragment(s)


============== sda7: Version of COM32(R) files used by Syslinux: ===============

 boot/extlinux/cat.c32              :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/chain.c32            :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/cmd.c32              :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/config.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/cptime.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/cpuid.c32            :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/cpuidtest.c32        :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/debug.c32            :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/disk.c32             :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/dmitest.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/elf.c32              :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/ethersel.c32         :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/gfxboot.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/gpxecmd.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/hdt.c32              :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/hexdump.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/host.c32             :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/ifcpu64.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/ifcpu.c32            :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/ifmemdsk.c32         :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/ifplop.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/kbdmap.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/kontron_wdt.c32      :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/ldlinux.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/libcom32.c32         :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/libgpl.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/liblua.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/libmenu.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/libutil.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/linux.c32            :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/ls.c32               :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/lua.c32              :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/mboot.c32            :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/meminfo.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/menu.c32             :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/pcitest.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/pmload.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/poweroff.c32         :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/prdhcp.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/pwd.c32              :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/pxechn.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/reboot.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/rosh.c32             :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/sanboot.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/sdi.c32              :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/sysdump.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/vesainfo.c32         :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/vesamenu.c32         :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/vpdtest.c32          :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/whichsys.c32         :  not a COM32/COM32R module
 boot/extlinux/zzjson.c32           :  not a COM32/COM32R module

=============================== StdErr Messages: ===============================

cat: /tmp/BootInfo-j9Q2BAVu/Tmp_Log: No such file or directory
cat: /tmp/BootInfo-j9Q2BAVu/Tmp_Log: No such file or directory
cat: /tmp/BootInfo-j9Q2BAVu/Tmp_Log: No such file or directory
  No volume groups found
mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
It used to be that if I was using debian, and that was the last place I updated grub, that that was the grub I saw when I booted up. Similarly if I was using fedora and that was the last place I updated grub, that was the grub I saw when I booted up. I would like that functionality back.
 
Old 09-13-2014, 11:26 AM   #2
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After you run update-grub you have to change the MBR to point to the Debian grub.cfg instead of the Fedora grub.cfg. The command is:

grub-install /dev/sda

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Old 09-13-2014, 12:51 PM   #3
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I type:

# grub-install /dev/sda

it says:

source_dir doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory

EDIT: sorry. my mistake. This works great. I had at some point removed 'grub-pc' from my computer (on Debian). after re-installing it grub-install works right. Thank you.
Last edited by radiodee1; 09-13-2014 at 01:35 PM.
 
Old 09-13-2014, 02:40 PM   #4
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bummer. When I boot up fedora from the Debian grub (after following the instructions and thinking I got it right) grub chooses an older fedora kernel. It chooses a kernel from when I first installed fedora, not one that I have installed from recent updates. I have os-prober installed. It just doesn't seem to see the fc21 kernels. I have gone back to the fedora partition and executed '# grub2-install /dev/sda' since from that grub install I can at least choose recent kernels on both operating systems.

One problem, though. I don't get hi-res graphics from grub2 on the fedora install. I only get low-res characters. I tried putting a png in the /boot/grub2/ folder and executing '# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg' again, but no progress was made. I should also be able to change the colors of the text of the grub screen in fedora, and I cannot. Anyone know why this is?
 
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The link below gives some details on both images and changing fonts. It's the Ubuntu site so I don't if that would make a difference. I don't have Fedora so can't test it. The background image settings vary with different Grub releases which is explained in the link. I used the method you described of putting an image in the /boot/grub directory on an Ubuntu install and got nothing. Put the entry in /etc/default/grub and it worked. I don't know that this will work with Fedora so you can try it to see, or not.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Displays
 
Old 09-14-2014, 09:50 AM   #6
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yep. that did it. my first problem was that the /etc/default/grub file specified 'console' mode (in the GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT option). I commented that out, and like you say, put the entry for the picture in the /etc/default/grub file (in the GRUB_BACKGROUND option) AND it worked. There's a program is fedora that is usefull for setting things like the text color, etc. I used this program and it also helped. thanks.
 
  


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