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Re: grub install with cygwin


So I would have to create the /etc/default/ directory since it does not exist in cygwin.

/etc/defaults/ does exist (with an s at the end).

When I boot, I am presented with

grub>

but what I wish is to have a graphical login. Simply running /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig should do this correct?

So for the packaging I guess I would change grub to look for /etc/defaults/grub instead of /etc/default/grub and also figure out why it does not present a graphical login.

Would really like to get this going, as I need to add another disk and to get from grub> prompt to windows takes typing in 4 commands each time.

I have a number of other systems for which I wish to install grub and cygwin is on every windows partition so is the easiest way to go (instead of cutting some linux distro dvd, booting from there and doing. It would be helpful if installing grub from cygwin worked.

am willing to help make the changes if someone can get me started.

thanks


J.V.


On 6/30/2011 11:09 AM, Christian Franke wrote:
J.V. wrote:
I have two disks in my box that are non linux. On one disk is found Windows 7 and am having issues installing
grub that comes with cygwin.


How can I contact the person that compiled / packaged grub for cygwin for a fix for this?

It does not create the default /etc/defaults/grub file

The /etc/default/grub file is not created - it is read by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig if present.



and there are a number of other things I am having issues with that deal with
the packaging and execution of grub.



Please be more specific. Installation failure? Boot failure? No boot menu but grub prompt? Does grub ls command list partitions correctly? Does manual boot via grub shell work?

It is always a good idea to first create and test a grub rescue CD to check compatibility, see
http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2010-05/msg00556.html



Christian



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