Re: grub-pc still too obtuse

[Arthur Marsh]

Felix Zielcke wrote, on 09/03/09 19:21:
> Am Montag, den 09.03.2009, 07:30 +1030 schrieb Arthur Marsh:
>
> > usb_storage is loaded, but even with the USB drive listed in 
> > /boot/grub/device.map (as (hd2)):
> >
> > (hd0)   /dev/hda
> > (hd1)   /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SIBM_DCAS-34330W_F3T92021
> > (hd2)   /dev/disk/by-id/usb-Verbatim_STORE_N_GO_078A18B40293-0:0
> >
> > and the drive has a boot record on it:
> >
> > dd if=/usr/lib/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
> >
> > update-grub does not detect anything of interest on hd2.
>
> If you want to have update-grub look for other operating systems then in
> your /boot partition you need to install os-prober.
> Though I can't help if it still doestn't detect anything there.

$ locate os-prober
/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober
/usr/bin/os-prober
/usr/share/doc/os-prober
/usr/share/doc/os-prober/changelog.gz
/usr/share/doc/os-prober/copyright
/usr/share/os-prober
/usr/share/os-prober/common.sh
/var/lib/dpkg/info/os-prober.list
/var/lib/dpkg/info/os-prober.md5sums
/var/lib/os-prober
/var/lib/os-prober/labels

I think os-prober gets called alright, it just doesn't seem to look at 
the USB drive.

If you can think of anything else for me to check, I am happy to try 
what you suggest.

Thanks again for your help,

Arthur.