[SOLVED] How to draw a line in GRUB?

[ElStellino]

Happy Sunday!


I’d like to type
_________________________________________

between the standard options and some options I added in GRUB.

I know I have to edit /etc/grub.d/40_custom, but just giving

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menuentry "—————————————————————————————————————————————————————"

it doesn’t show anything. and all the options are displayed in a list with no line.
If I also add

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menuentry "—————————————————————————————————————————————————————" {
}

to maybe give a blank command to this line, it gives me an error when I send the command

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sudo update-grub

so this one isn’t right. It happens also if I add a # between { }

I did it in the past, I had to reinstall, and now I don’t remember how I did it nor I can’t find out how.
Can anybody kindly help me out, please?

Thanks in advance!

[austin.texas]

The only way that worked for me is to copy an entire menuentry and change the title.

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# 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.
menuentry "**************************************************************************" {
set isofile="/boot-isos/linuxmint-17-xfce-dvd-64bit.iso"
loopback loop (hd1,gpt3)$isofile
linux (loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=$isofile noprompt noeject toram
initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.lz
}

NOTE: copy one of your menuentries - not mine. ((hd1,gpt3)

[ElStellino]

Hello austin.texas,

Thanks!
Does this implies that the line of asterisks becomes selectable and as such it has an action?
Edit: of course it does. I’ve just re-read better.
I remember doing it, and it was something real simple (as I worked it out all by myself)

[ElStellino]

Found it!

I haven’t tested it yet on my system (just on Virtual Box), but update-grub didn’t report any mistakes and that virtual machine started, so I don’t see why it shouldn’t work here too.



the code entry:

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menuentry "—————————————————————————————————————————————————————"{
echo
}

I will try then to find something nicer than underscore, in GRUB those look pretty bad.

[austin.texas]

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menuentry "—————————————————————————————————————————————————————"{
echo
}

Very interesting...
That works.

[ElStellino]

Glad it does

I may shoot you a line or two regarding the command of your grub menuentry, do you mind @austin.texas?

[austin.texas]

No problem.
The instructions for that are here:
Boot a Mint .iso From Your Hard Drive Using Grub2
Grub2/ISOBoot - Ubuntu Documentation

But then there is the easier way... Install with no cd and no usb boot? SOLVED - grml-rescueboot

[ElStellino]

So, there’s no longer need of writing you in PM

I don’t really need it (or at least I don’t know yet that I need it ) but I was really curious about the syntax of that entry, how it works.
It’s useful if something goes wrong in the pc and need to access it from a live system, but on the HD! I seem no longer to damage the GRUB as I was doing before (I now test stuff on VBox first) so it may actually be really useful!

Thanks a lot!