After grub was updated Windows no longer appears as an option in the grub bootloader menu.
I do not know enough about gnu/linux system to act on my own, I would be grateful if someone could help me.
This is the Boot-Info summary:
boot-info-4ppa200 [20230501_1815]
============================== Boot Info Summary ===============================
=> Grub2 (v2.00) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of
the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks
for (,msdos5)/boot/grub. It also embeds following components:
modules
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
fshelp ext2 part_msdos biosdisk
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
sda1: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows 8/10/11/2012: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files: /bootmgr /Boot/BCD
sda2: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows 7/2008: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System: Windows 10 or 11
Boot files: /Windows/System32/winload.exe
sda3: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ntfs
Boot sector type: Windows 8/10/11/2012: NTFS
Boot sector info: No errors found in the Boot Parameter Block.
Operating System:
Boot files:
sda4: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: Extended Partition
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda5: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System: SparkyLinux 7 (Orion-Belt)
Boot files: /boot/grub/grub.cfg /etc/fstab /etc/default/grub
/boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img
sda6: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: swap
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
sda7: __________________________________________________________________________
File system: ext4
Boot sector type: -
Boot sector info:
Operating System:
Boot files:
================================ 3 OS detected =================================
OS#1: Sistema operativo ora in uso - SparkyLinux 7 (Orion-Belt) CurrentSession on sda5
OS#2: Windows 10 (boot) on sda1
OS#3: Windows 10 or 11 on sda2
================================ Host/Hardware =================================
CPU architecture: 64-bit
Video: GK106 [GeForce GTX 650 Ti] from NVIDIA Corporation
BOOT_IMAGE of the installed session in use:
/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-7-amd64 root=UUID=586c3143-1d2b-4c51-b6f0-a5577dbc7f47 ro quiet splash resume=UUID=1dc3427a-bb80-47bd-9824-1258af7ce54c
df -Th / : /dev/sda5 ext4 30G 12G 17G 42% /
===================================== UEFI =====================================
BIOS/UEFI firmware: 2104(4.6) from American Megatrends Inc.
This installed-session is in Legacy/BIOS/CSM mode (not in EFI mode).
============================= Drive/Partition Info =============================
Disks info: ____________________________________________________________________
sda : notGPT, no-BIOSboot, has-noESP, not-usb, not-mmc, has-os, has-win, 2048 sectors * 512 bytes
Partitions info (1/3): _________________________________________________________
sda2 : is-os, 32, nopakmgr, no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall, no-grubenv, noupdategrub, farbios
sda7 : no-os, 32, nopakmgr, no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall, no-grubenv, noupdategrub, farbios
sda5 : is-os, 64, apt-get, grub-pc , grub2, grub-install, grubenv-ok, update-grub, farbios
sda3 : no-os, 32, nopakmgr, no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall, no-grubenv, noupdategrub, farbios
sda1 : is-os, 32, nopakmgr, no-docgrub, nogrub, nogrubinstall, no-grubenv, noupdategrub, not-far
Partitions info (2/3): _________________________________________________________
sda2 : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, haswinload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot
sda7 : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot
sda5 : isnotESP, fstab-without-efi, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot
sda3 : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, no-bmgr, notwinboot
sda1 : isnotESP, part-has-no-fstab, no-nt, no-winload, no-recov-nor-hid, bootmgr, is-winboot
Partitions info (3/3): _________________________________________________________
sda2 : not--sepboot, no---boot, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, no--grub.d, sda
sda7 : maybesepboot, no---boot, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, no--grub.d, sda
sda5 : not--sepboot, with-boot, fstab-without-boot, not-sep-usr, with--usr, fstab-without-usr, std-grub.d, sda
sda3 : not--sepboot, no---boot, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, no--grub.d, sda
sda1 : not--sepboot, no---boot, part-has-no-fstab, not-sep-usr, no---usr, part-has-no-fstab, no--grub.d, sda
fdisk -l (filtered): ___________________________________________________________
Disk sda: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors
Disk identifier: 0x443bbada
Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
sda1 * 2048 206847 204800 100M 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
sda2 206848 208831058 208624211 99.5G 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
sda3 208832512 209919999 1087488 531M 27 Hidden NTFS WinRE
sda4 209920000 734207999 524288000 250G 5 Extended
sda5 209922048 272836607 62914560 30G 83 Linux
sda6 272838656 289615871 16777216 8G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
sda7 289617920 734207999 444590080 212G 83 Linux
parted -lm (filtered): _________________________________________________________
sda:1000GB:scsi:512:512:msdos:ATA WDC WD1002FAEX-0:;
1:1049kB:106MB:105MB:ntfs::boot;
2:106MB:107GB:107GB:ntfs::;
3:107GB:107GB:557MB:ntfs::msftres;
4:107GB:376GB:268GB:::;
5:107GB:140GB:32.2GB:ext4::;
6:140GB:148GB:8590MB:linux-swap(v1)::swap;
7:148GB:376GB:228GB:ext4::;
Free space >10MiB: ______________________________________________________________
sda: 358500MiB:953870MiB:595370MiB
blkid (filtered): ______________________________________________________________
NAME FSTYPE UUID PARTUUID LABEL PARTLABEL
sda
├─sda1 ntfs 2A221998221969D9 443bbada-01 Riservato per il sistema
├─sda2 ntfs E4DA1AE6DA1AB4B0 443bbada-02
├─sda3 ntfs 48F88DAAF88D973A 443bbada-03
├─sda4 443bbada-04
├─sda5 ext4 586c3143-1d2b-4c51-b6f0-a5577dbc7f47 443bbada-05
├─sda6 swap 1dc3427a-bb80-47bd-9824-1258af7ce54c 443bbada-06
└─sda7 ext4 1df9ccb0-9589-4b04-968e-c6021f6a4716 443bbada-07
Mount points (filtered): _______________________________________________________
Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1 67.8M 32% /mnt/boot-sav/sda1
/dev/sda2 20.1G 80% /mnt/boot-sav/sda2
/dev/sda3 80.9M 85% /mnt/boot-sav/sda3
/dev/sda5 16.3G 39% /
/dev/sda7 113.5G 40% /home
Mount options (filtered): ______________________________________________________
/dev/sda1 fuseblk rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096
/dev/sda2 fuseblk rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096
/dev/sda3 fuseblk rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096
/dev/sda5 ext4 rw,noatime
/dev/sda7 ext4 rw,noatime
====================== sda5/boot/grub/grub.cfg (filtered) ======================
Sparky GNU/Linux 586c3143-1d2b-4c51-b6f0-a5577dbc7f47
Sparky GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.1.0-7-amd64 586c3143-1d2b-4c51-b6f0-a5577dbc7f47
Sparky GNU/Linux, with Linux 6.1.0-6-amd64 586c3143-1d2b-4c51-b6f0-a5577dbc7f47
Sparky GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.9.335-sparky-lts49-amd64 586c3143-1d2b-4c51-b6f0-a5577dbc7f47
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
========================== sda5/etc/fstab (filtered) ===========================
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=586c3143-1d2b-4c51-b6f0-a5577dbc7f47 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
UUID=1dc3427a-bb80-47bd-9824-1258af7ce54c swap swap defaults,noatime 0 0
UUID=1df9ccb0-9589-4b04-968e-c6021f6a4716 /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2
======================= sda5/etc/default/grub (filtered) =======================
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash resume=UUID=1dc3427a-bb80-47bd-9824-1258af7ce54c"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
==================== sda5: Location of files loaded by Grub ====================
GiB - GB File Fragment(s)
114.854579926 = 123.324166144 boot/grub/grub.cfg 1
113.631099701 = 122.010464256 boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img 1
115.868244171 = 124.412579840 boot/vmlinuz-4.9.335-sparky-lts49-amd64 1
109.004783630 = 117.042995200 boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-6-amd64 2
111.551563263 = 119.777579008 boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-7-amd64 2
111.551563263 = 119.777579008 vmlinuz 2
109.004783630 = 117.042995200 vmlinuz.old 2
114.098628998 = 122.512470016 boot/initrd.img-4.9.335-sparky-lts49-amd64 6
127.072101593 = 136.442630144 boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-6-amd64 5
127.212970734 = 136.593887232 boot/initrd.img-6.1.0-7-amd64 3
127.212970734 = 136.593887232 initrd.img 3
127.072101593 = 136.442630144 initrd.img.old 5
===================== sda5: ls -l /etc/grub.d/ (filtered) ======================
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6155 16 feb 2015 06_sparky_theme
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14123 10 giu 2022 10_linux
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14180 10 giu 2022 20_linux_xen
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 12910 21 apr 14.30 30_os-prober
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1372 10 giu 2022 30_uefi-firmware
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 700 7 ott 2022 35_fwupd
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 214 29 apr 2013 40_custom
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 215 10 giu 2022 41_custom
======================= sda5/etc/grub.d/06_sparky_theme ========================
#!/bin/sh
set -e
# grub-mkconfig helper script.
# Copyright (C) 2010 Alexander Kurtz <kurtz.alex@googlemail.com>
#
# GRUB is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# GRUB is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with GRUB. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
# Remastered for SparkyLinux by Paweł "pavroo" Pijanowski 2015/02/16 (C) GNU GPLv3
# Include the GRUB helper library for grub-mkconfig.
. /usr/share/grub/grub-mkconfig_lib
# We want to work in /boot/grub/ only.
test -d /boot/grub; cd /boot/grub
# Set the location of a possibly necessary cache file for the background image.
# NOTE: This MUST BE A DOTFILE to avoid confusing it with user-defined images.
BACKGROUND_CACHE=".background_cache"
set_default_theme(){
case $GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR in
Sparky|Ubuntu|Kubuntu)
# Set a monochromatic theme for Sparky/Ubuntu.
echo "${1}set menu_color_normal=white/black"
echo "${1}set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray"
if [ -e /lib/plymouth/themes/default.grub ]; then
sed "s/^/${1}/" /lib/plymouth/themes/default.grub
fi
;;
*)
# Set the traditional Debian blue theme.
echo "${1}set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue"
echo "${1}set menu_color_highlight=white/blue"
;;
esac
}
module_available(){
local module
for module in "${1}.mod" */"${1}.mod"; do
if [ -f "${module}" ]; then
return 0
fi
done
return 1
}
set_background_image(){
# Step #1: Search all available output modes ...
local output
for output in ${GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT}; do
if [ "x$output" = "xgfxterm" ]; then
break
fi
done
# ... and check if we are able to display a background image at all.
if ! [ "x${output}" = "xgfxterm" ]; then
return 1
fi
# Step #2: Check if the specified background image exists.
if ! [ -f "${1}" ]; then
return 2
fi
# Step #3: Search the correct GRUB module for our background image.
local reader
case "${1}" in
*.jpg|*.JPG|*.jpeg|*.JPEG) reader="jpeg";;
*.png|*.PNG) reader="png";;
*.tga|*.TGA) reader="tga";;
*) return 3;; # Unknown image type.
esac
# Step #4: Check if the necessary GRUB module is available.
if ! module_available "${reader}"; then
return 4
fi
# Step #5: Check if GRUB can read the background image directly.
# If so, we can remove the cache file (if any). Otherwise the backgound
# image needs to be cached under /boot/grub/.
if is_path_readable_by_grub "${1}"; then
rm --force "${BACKGROUND_CACHE}.jpeg" \
"${BACKGROUND_CACHE}.png" "${BACKGROUND_CACHE}.tga"
elif cp "${1}" "${BACKGROUND_CACHE}.${reader}"; then
set -- "${BACKGROUND_CACHE}.${reader}" "${2}" "${3}"
else
return 5
fi
# Step #6: Prepare GRUB to read the background image.
if ! prepare_grub_to_access_device "`${grub_probe} --target=device "${1}"`"; then
return 6
fi
# Step #7: Everything went fine, print out a message to stderr ...
echo "Found background image: ${1}" >&2
# ... and write our configuration snippet to stdout. Use the colors
# desktop-base specified. If we're using a user-defined background, use
# the default colors since we've got no idea how the image looks like.
# If loading the background image fails, use the default theme.
echo "insmod ${reader}"
echo "if background_image `make_system_path_relative_to_its_root "${1}"`; then"
if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
echo " set color_normal=${2}"
fi
if [ -n "${3}" ]; then
echo " set color_highlight=${3}"
fi
if [ -z "${2}" ] && [ -z "${3}" ]; then
echo " true"
fi
echo "else"
set_default_theme " "
echo "fi"
}
# Earlier versions of grub-pc copied the default background image to /boot/grub
# during postinst. Remove those obsolete images if they haven't been touched by
# the user. They are still available under /usr/share/images/desktop-base/ if
# desktop-base is installed.
while read checksum background; do
if [ -f "${background}" ] && [ "x`sha1sum "${background}"`" = "x${checksum} ${background}" ]; then
echo "Removing old background image: ${background}" >&2
rm "${background}"
fi
done <<EOF
648ee65dd0c157a69b019a5372cbcfea4fc754a5 debian-blueish-wallpaper-640x480.png
0431e97a6c661084c59676c4baeeb8c2f602edb8 debian-blueish-wallpaper-640x480.png
968ecf6696c5638cfe80e8e70aba239526270864 debian-blueish-wallpaper-640x480.tga
11143e8c92a073401de0b0fd42d0c052af4ccd9b moreblue-orbit-grub.png
d00d5e505ab63f2d53fa880bfac447e2d3bb197c moreblue-orbit-grub.png
f5b12c1009ec0a3b029185f6b66cd0d7e5611019 moreblue-orbit-grub.png
EOF
# Include the configuration of desktop-base if available.
if [ -f "/usr/share/desktop-base/sparky_grub_background.sh" ]; then
. "/usr/share/desktop-base/sparky_grub_background.sh"
fi
# First check whether the user has specified a background image explicitly.
# If so, try to use it. Don't try the other possibilities in that case
# (#608263).
if [ -n "${GRUB_BACKGROUND+x}" ]; then
set_background_image "${GRUB_BACKGROUND}" || set_default_theme
exit 0
fi
# Next search for pictures the user put into /boot/grub/ and use the first one.
for background in *.jpg *.JPG *.jpeg *.JPEG *.png *.PNG *.tga *.TGA; do
if set_background_image "${background}"; then
exit 0
fi
done
# Next try to use the background image and colors specified by desktop-base.
if set_background_image "${WALLPAPER}" "${COLOR_NORMAL}" "${COLOR_HIGHLIGHT}"; then
exit 0
fi
# If we haven't found a background image yet, use the default from desktop-base.
case $GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR in
Ubuntu|Kubuntu)
;;
Sparky)
if set_background_image "/opt/artwork/sparky-grub.png"; then
exit 0
fi
;;
*)
if set_background_image "/usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png"; then
exit 0
fi
;;
esac
# Finally, if all of the above fails, use the default theme.
set_default_theme
=========================== sda5/etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ===========================
#! /bin/sh
# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
set -e
[ -d ${pkgdatadir:?} ]
# shellcheck source=/dev/null
. "$pkgdatadir/grub-mkconfig_lib"
if [ -f /var/lib/fwupd/uefi_capsule.conf ] &&
ls /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/fwupd-*-0abba7dc-e516-4167-bbf5-4d9d1c739416 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
. /var/lib/fwupd/uefi_capsule.conf
if [ "${EFI_PATH}" != "" ] && [ "${ESP}" != "" ]; then
echo "Adding Linux Firmware Updater entry" >&2
cat << EOF
menuentry 'Linux Firmware Updater' \$menuentry_id_option 'fwupd' {
EOF
${grub_probe:?}
prepare_grub_to_access_device '`${grub_probe} --target=device \${ESP}` | sed -e "s/^/\t/"'
cat << EOF
chainloader ${EFI_PATH}
}
EOF
fi
fi
Suggested repair: ______________________________________________________________
The default repair of the Boot-Repair utility would reinstall the grub2 of
sda5 into the MBR of sda.
Grub-efi would not be selected by default because no ESP detected.
Additional repair would be performed: unhide-bootmenu-10s win-legacy-basic-fix
Blockers in case of suggested repair: __________________________________________
Please use this software in a live-session (live-CD or live-USB). This will enable this feature.
Thank you
If you have Sparky testing (7) the default option of Grub doesn't support other operating systems to boot.
To fix that add the line:
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=falseas root or with sudo to the end of the file:
/etc/default/grubthenL
sudo update-grub
Thank you pavroo, everything is fine now.