boot kernels don't show in drakboot when setting default

[zxr250cc]

I have MGA4 on a laptop and all is well. On a desktop with AMD 3800+, 2 GB RAM and ATI video board with 32 bit KDE I have the follwing problem:

I open drakboot --boot and set the default kenel to windows, the linux kernel to the latest Linux 3.12.9-desktop586-1.mga4 i686 kernel and then save the results. When I open the panel again all the settings show as blank. The computer boots OK but it does not allow me to set the Windows install as default. While I might consider that an OK option for me I have others using the Windows install side that do not wish to use Linux and I wish it to be default for simplicity of booting for them.

Reinstall OS to cure this? ??

The T-23 Think Pad install I also have works perfectly from the same 32 bit LIVE disk install and shows all of the settings as expected in the drakboot section when started.

Thoughts?

cheers all

[doktor5000]

Do you maybe use grub2?

[zxr250cc]

Yes, in both. One shows the kernels and one doesn't. ??

[zxr250cc]

I set the desktop computer to grub, from grub2, and it shows kernels... Why is this as it is?

cheers

[unklar]

You can try
rename

/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober
in
/etc/grub.d/09_os-prober

if only Mageia and WIN are on the computer!
as root in the console/terminal

Code: Select all

mv /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober /etc/grub.d/09_os-prober

update-grub2
or
update-grub

reboot

However, I do not know if that survives a kernel update.

[doktor5000]

I set the desktop computer to grub, from grub2, and it shows kernels... Why is this as it is?

You read the Errata? https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_4_Errata#Grub2