after grub2 edit, i have every entry twice

[winsucks]

hi i tried to edit grub2

i did

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sudo gedit /etc/grub.d/40_custom
sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg

i copied the menuentries to the 40_custom
then

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sudo update-grub

after restart i had the old entries at the top,
and the new i created under it,
so i have every entry twice.

how can i remove the old entries so that i only have the edited left?

thx

[oobetimer]

How about if you remove those 40_custom entries?

[StanTheMan]

If you have your 40_custom menuentries in placed , then change the permissions of 20_linux-xen and 30_os-prober by removing the executive (x)

Terminal
cd /etc/grub.d
ls -l
sudo chmod a-x 20_linux-xen
sudo chmod a-x 30_os-prober

Now run
updatge-grub

The entries normally generated b 20 and 30 will not be generated , and all you will get is the entries in 40 .

[scratch178]

it works 50 % windows isnt in the boot menu anymore but linux mint still is

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sudo chmod a-x 20_linux-xen
chmod: cannot access `20_linux-xen': No such file or directory

i think there is the problem

[StanTheMan]

Tey this - -
Terminal
cd /boot/grub
sudo gedit

Now this shouuld bring up a Root text editor/
Open file /grub.cfg

Fine the paragraph for menuentry Windows xxxxx
Copy that whole menuentry paragraph
Close
Open file /etc/grub.d/40_-custom

Paste the windows paragraph in whatever order you like .
Save the file
Do another sudo update-grub ,

[StanTheMan]

Dupe . Ignore.

[gordon.cooke]

What exactly is it you are trying to edit in your grub2 menu??

Grub2 doesnt work like grub legacy in terms of updating. The update-grub command executes all the scripts in the /etc/grub.d/ folder and uses those scripts to tell it how to build the grub.cfg file. The 40_custom file executes last so that you can add anything you want. Note the key word is ADD. When the earlier scripts (like 30_OS-prober) are run they build their entries, then 40_custom executes and tacks on what you put in it. Thats why when you copied grub.cfg into 40_custom you get double entries. The first half is everything update-grub built form the scripts, and the second half is what you put there (since this came from grub.cfg it is all the same things update-grub had detected and built previously)

Update-grub uses any scripts in /etc/grub.d/ folder and only those scripts. Thats why when you make some not executable they aren't used and those entries aren't auto built. If you really want to turn those off look in the folder. In mint the file for detecting linux partitions is 10_linux

In theory you could use only 40_custom and disable everything else. But then it would NOT detect anything when you run update-grub and youd be manually changing 40_custom for any changes. At that point you might as well just edit grub.cfg and nt use update-grub. So I'll return to the question of what are you trying to do?

[smokeymtn_ron]

I just redid my grub menu using this article and it worked out great. I'm not real smart with computers so I had to read it about 2 or 3 times till it made sense to me, but after that it was a piece of cake. (Chap., 5,6, and 7 should really help you out for what I think you want to do. Good Luck)

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#/etc/grub.d/

[scratch178]

i just did my configuration usind this method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbg-x-tv ... ion_466660

its working great. i just edited the grub.cfg.

thx

[smokeymtn_ron]

i just did my configuration usind this method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbg-x-tv ... ion_466660

its working great. i just edited the grub.cfg.

thx

The main menu file, /boot/grub/grub.cfg, is not meant to be edited, even by 'root'.
grub.cfg is overwritten anytime there is a update, a kernel is added/removed, or the user runs update-grub

The primary configuration file for changing menu display settings is /etc/default/grub.

Configuring GRUB 2
Configuration changes are normally made to /etc/default/grub and to the custom files located in /etc/grub.d. The /boot/grub/grub.cfg file should not be edited by the user; changes to this file are made by configuration scripts.

From:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Configuring GRUB 2