Quirky 7 not on boot list

[RoyBell]

I've just installed Quirky 7 to a multi boot (Linux only) computer on sda7.

How do I alter the Grub menu contained on sda1 so that it comes up on the startup menu?
I'm using grub 2.02.


I can get to it with the Terminal on sda1 and I've entered a menu entry at the bottom in 40_custom and done grub-update:
The grub-update see's it but it dosen't come up on the startup list when I boot up.

What have I done wrong?

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#!/bin/sh
exec tail -n +3 $0
# 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 "Gentoo Base System release 2.2 (on /dev/sda4)" --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
#       recordfail
#       insmod part_msdos
#       insmod ext2
#       set root='(hd0,4)'
#       search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 15939b1b-4f68-4e67-8dba-c117eeb51841
#       linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.14.14-gentoo root=/dev/sda4 
##      initrd /initrd.img
#}

menuentry "Gentoo Base System release 2.2 (on /dev/sda4)" --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
        recordfail
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='(hd0,4)'
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 15939b1b-4f68-4e67-8dba-c117eeb51841
        linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.17.8-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/sda4 
#       initrd /initrd.img
}

menuentry "Quirky 6.89 full install (on /dev/sda7)" --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
        recordfail
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='(hd0,7)'
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a445550e-a48f-451f-b621-9cd8be13b41b
        linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7  
#       initrd /initrd.img

}


What have I done wrong?

[L18L]

What have I done wrong?

Maybe sda7 should be hd(0,6) ?

[Ted Dog]

I would remove ( actually cut paste the entire section to new menuentry then ) the set and search lines there is a flaw in how uuid is developed by BK and I could only get his setup to work his way copied to grub2 like you it all got messed up.

I have an entry for April in my UEFI thread using loopmount iso. that works for me but is not really installed

[ETP]

@RoyBell,

A guess but may be worth a try.
Change:

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linux /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7

To:

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linux /boot/vmlinuz root=UUID=a445550e-a48f-451f-b621-9cd8be13b41b rw

[RoyBell]

Hi L18L,
I've checked the sda7 and its correct.
I think the hd(0,x) format is for Grub 1 and I'm using 2.

Hi ETP,
I tried your suggestion and it made no difference.

Hi Ted Dog,
I don't understand what you're saying.
I think I'd need a step by step instruction.
"update-grub" finds Quirky7 but it doesn't come up on the list on bootup.