Re: grub2-mkconfig doesn't detect EFI Windows 7

[Jordan Uggla]

On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Greg White <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to setup a dual boot of Ubuntu and Windows 7 x64 both EFI
> installs.  grub-mkconfig detects my linux kernels but fail to detect my
> Windows 7 EFI install.
> /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig (GNU GRUB 1.98-1ubuntu13)
>
> /etc/grub.d# ls -l
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4466 2011-03-05 19:09 00_header
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1416 2012-04-15 10:58 05_debian_theme
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4843 2011-01-20 11:26 10_linux
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  918 2010-03-23 04:40 20_memtest86+
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6605 2011-01-20 11:26 30_os-prober
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  214 2011-01-20 11:26 40_custom
>
> I altered 05_debian_theme to change the colors of the menu.
>
> Can grub2 detect Windows 7 EFI installs?
> Thanks,

No, you'll have to create a menu entry manually in
/etc/grub.4/40_custom (if you were using grub 1.99 or newer I would
recommend /boot/grub/custom.cfg).

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Jordan Uggla (Jordan_U on irc.freenode.net)