On 16/10/18 9:41 am, David C. Rankin wrote:
More importantly, if this is desired behavior now, will
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER="true"
be respected and not overwritten by subsequent grub2 updates, or should I just rpm -e os-prober to make sure? I expect that variable to be obeyed. I don't know if I have applied that update to my machines having Windows, so I'll find out later. Yes, and this is somewhat a typical setup. I have win10 on sda and opensuse on sdb. I do not want grub2 or any bootloader messing with sda. I specifically installed opensuse on sdb with grub2 in the mbr of sdb to prevent any hint of
On 10/15/2018 07:45 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: the Linux install being visible should somebody steal by laptop. So to reach sdb to boot I use the bios selection to boot from sdb. It is pointless to have os-prober put a windows entry in grub.cfg for just that reason. The only way I get to grub is to choose a custom boot option.
Ever since I installed 42.3, there has been no issue of os-prober putting windows in grub.cfg, but starting with my last update and the updated grub2 package, os-prober now inserts windows for some bewildering reason.
To get rid of what os-prober added, I just commented the entry out in grub.cfg, but I would like to avoid having to do that again. If it is not an initial install, os-prober shouldn't be adding anything unless it is specifically told to do it.
David, I have a similar setup as you have -- but in reverse :-), ie Win7 Pro is on sdb and Linux OSs on sda. It may help if you read the article to be found here: http://www.linuxidentity.com/us/index.php?name=Downloads and it is the first one on the right hand side of the 2 bottom columns and called, "Linux Starter :: Installing Multipl..." which, in fact, is a pdf file; the full title is "Installing Multiple Distributions on the same computer", author Sankret Totewar. This article used to have its own URL but is now on this linuxidentity.com site. BC -- "One of the wettest we've ever seen from the standpoint of water". Donald Trump's observation on Hurricane Florence, 19 September 2018. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org