On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:50:42PM -0500, Hector Gonzalez wrote:
> On 08/28/2017 06:35 PM, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 03:56:13PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> >>On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 06:37:04PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> >>>Now I can't figure out how to set options so that update-grub uses
> >>>os-prober.
> >>You do have the os-prober package installed, yes?
> >Yes.
> >
> >root@notlookedfor:/boot/grub# which os-prober
> >/usr/bin/os-prober
> >root@notlookedfor:/boot/grub#
> >
> >I'm running a Devuan Jessie system.
> >-- hendrik
> >
>
> I did this a few days ago, try commenting out the option completely, the
> default is to run os-prober.

Originally, the option was not present at all. I added the option in
myself. Being totally absent should be as good as commented out,
right?

Anyway, as I mentined in another post a few minutes ago, it does seem
to be recognising it after all, but as a unknown Linux distro,
failing tto notice it's Devun. And I don't get a bootmenu stanza.

-- hendrik