How to add another OS entry in Wubi grub

Posted by Amey Jah on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Amey Jah
Published on 2012-12-17T17:07:43Z Indexed on 2012/12/17 17:14 UTC
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I am trying to install another linux distro besides ubuntu. However, I want to retain my existing windows based loader. Currently, as per my knowledge, MsDos loads grub which then loads Ubuntu (with loop back trick).

Now, I have a new linux distro installed on /dev/sda8 (/boot for new distro) where as /root for that OS is installed on /dev/sda9.

I tried following steps 1. Add entry into 40_custom of ubuntu grub 2. update grub

But upon booting via that entry, it is not able to load the new OS and shows me blank screen. What could be the problem?

Additional data:

  1. grub.cfg file of ubuntu

    menuentry 'Ubuntu' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-fc296be2-8c59-4f21-a3f8-47c38cd0d537' {
      gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
      insmod gzio
      insmod ntfs
      set root='hd0,msdos5'
      if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5  01CD7BB998DB0870
      else
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 01CD7BB998DB0870
      fi
      loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
      set root=(loop0)
      linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-19-generic root=UUID=01CD7BB998DB0870 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro   quiet splash $vt_handoff
      initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-19-generic
    }
    submenu 'Advanced options for Ubuntu' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-fc296be2-8c59-4f21-a3f8-47c38cd0d537' {
      menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.5.0-19-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.5.0-19-generic-advanced-fc296be2-8c59-4f21-a3f8-47c38cd0d537'     {
          gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
          insmod gzio
          insmod ntfs
          set root='hd0,msdos5'
          if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
            search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5  01CD7BB998DB0870
          else
            search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 01CD7BB998DB0870
          fi
          loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
          set root=(loop0)
          echo    'Loading Linux 3.5.0-19-generic ...'
          linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-19-generic root=UUID=01CD7BB998DB0870 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro   quiet splash $vt_handoff
          echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
          initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-19-generic
      }
      menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.5.0-19-generic (recovery mode)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.5.0-19-generic-recovery-fc296be2-8c59-4f21-a3f8-47c38cd0d537' {
          insmod gzio
          insmod ntfs
          set root='hd0,msdos5'
          if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
            search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5  01CD7BB998DB0870
          else
            search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 01CD7BB998DB0870
          fi
          loopback loop0 /ubuntu/disks/root.disk
          set root=(loop0)
          echo    'Loading Linux 3.5.0-19-generic ...'
          linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-19-generic root=UUID=01CD7BB998DB0870 loop=/ubuntu/disks/root.disk ro recovery nomodeset 
          echo    'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
          initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-19-generic
      }
    }
    
    ### END /etc/grub.d/10_lupin ###
    
    menuentry 'Linux, with Linux core repo kernel' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo kernel-true-0f490b6c-e92d-42f0-88e1-0bd3c0d27641'{
      load_video
      set gfxpayload=keep
      insmod gzio
      insmod part_msdos
      insmod ext2
      set root='hd0,msdos8'
      if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos8 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos8  0f490b6c-e92d-42f0-88e1-0bd3c0d27641
      else
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0f490b6c-e92d-42f0-88e1-0bd3c0d27641
      fi
      echo  'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
      linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=0f490b6c-e92d-42f0-88e1-0bd3c0d27641 ro  quiet
      echo  'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
      initrd  /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    }
    menuentry 'Linux, with Linux core repo kernel (Fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo kernel-fallback-0f490b6c-e92d-42f0-88e1-0bd3c0d27641' {
      load_video
      set gfxpayload=keep
      insmod gzio
      insmod part_msdos
      insmod ext2
      set root='hd0,msdos8'
      if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos8 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos8 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos8  0f490b6c-e92d-42f0-88e1-0bd3c0d27641
      else
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 0f490b6c-e92d-42f0-88e1-0bd3c0d27641
      fi
      echo  'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
      linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=0f490b6c-e92d-42f0-88e1-0bd3c0d27641 ro  quiet
      echo  'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
      initrd  /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
    }
    
  2. lsblk

NAME    MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda       8:0    0 931.5G  0 disk 
+-sda1    8:1    0  39.2M  0 part 
+-sda2    8:2    0  19.8G  0 part 
+-sda3    8:3    0 205.1G  0 part 
+-sda4    8:4    0     1K  0 part 
+-sda5    8:5    0 333.7G  0 part /host
+-sda6    8:6    0 233.4G  0 part 
+-sda7    8:7    0 100.4G  0 part 
+-sda8    8:8    0   100M  0 part 
+-sda9    8:9    0  14.7G  0 part 
+-sda10   8:10   0  21.4G  0 part 
+-sda11   8:11   0     3G  0 part 
sr0      11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
loop0     7:0    0    29G  0 loop /
  1. blkid
/dev/loop0: UUID="fc296be2-8c59-4f21-a3f8-47c38cd0d537" TYPE="ext4" 
/dev/sda1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" LABEL="DellUtility" UUID="5450-4444" TYPE="vfat" 
/dev/sda2: LABEL="RECOVERY" UUID="78C4FAC1C4FA80A4" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda3: LABEL="OS" UUID="DACEFCF1CEFCC6B3" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda5: UUID="01CD7BB998DB0870" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda6: UUID="01CD7BB99CA3F750" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda7: LABEL="Windows 8" UUID="01CDBFB52F925F40" TYPE="ntfs" 
/dev/sda8: UUID="cdbb5770-d29c-401d-850d-ee30a048ca5e" TYPE="ext2" 
/dev/sda9: UUID="0f490b6c-e92d-42f0-88e1-0bd3c0d27641" TYPE="ext2" 
/dev/sda10: UUID="2e7682e5-8917-4edc-9bf9-044fea2ad738" TYPE="ext2" 
/dev/sda11: UUID="6081da70-d622-42b9-b489-309f922b284e" TYPE="swap

Any help is appreciated. Please let me know if you need any extra data.

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