os-prober is a command that lists other operating systems. It is used during installation and reconfiguration to create a GRUB boot menu that shows other installed OSes as well as Ubuntu.
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Just installed Ubuntu 22.04 on a dual-boot setup, now my other OS isn't showing up
I just installed Ubuntu 22.04 on my system in a dual-boot configuration. In the past, when I did this with Ubuntu 20.04, a GRUB boot menu would show up at each boot, allowing me to choose which OS to ... boot dual-boot grub2 22.04 os-prober- 380
os-prober and update-grub find windows install, yet it does not show in boot menu
My system runs Ubuntu 21.04. I recently moved the system from an old SSD to a new M.2 drive, using Clonezilla. In that process, I needed to run update-grub. The system boots up fine, but I cannot ... dual-boot grub2 os-prober- 21
os-prober not finding windows on intel softraid
Background: I have a Desktop with the following drive configuration: Ubuntu 20.04 on single SSD Windows 10 on a Intel RST Raid across 2 SSDs OS's are installed in UEFI mode Problem: OS prober does ... dual-boot grub2 raid mdadm os-prober- 1
18.04: Does os-prober work well for kernel v5?
os-prober on an Ubuntu 18 instance using the Google Compute Engine (image: ubuntu-minimal-1804-bionic-v20200220 - "Canonical, Ubuntu, 18.04 LTS Minimal, amd64 bionic minimal image built on 2020-02-20")... grub2 kernel os-prober- 33
sudo update-grub is not affecting the grub menu
I have multiple OS's installed on my laptop, and am running grub from Ubuntu to boot them. If I run sudo update grub it finds all the systems, as you can see in the image. The problem is that after ... boot dual-boot grub2 os-prober- 11
grub and os-prober don't see Windows10 after upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04
Can be related to Ubuntu 18.04 Server unable to see Windows 10 OS as dual boot My Initial configuration: Dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.04 on separate drive since 16.04 release. No problem,both ... dual-boot grub2 os-prober- 11
os-prober & 50mounted-tests
Today, as soon as I switched on my Xubuntu 16.04.4 computer, one CPU core went to 100% and there was constant HDD I/O for over 2 minutes. I looked at the system log afterwards and there were lots of ... boot grub2 xubuntu os-prober- 219
os-prober does not return Windows 10 on another drive
I'm 1-day old to Linux, so excuse me if my question is not very clear! I have my Windows 10 on HDD. I added an SSD and installed Ubuntu on it. Both boot perfect except Windows is always the default ... dual-boot grub2 os-prober- 51
How to bypass or stop the very long run times of grub2/os-prober?
Whenever I upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 and there is a kernel upgrade, the update process takes a very long time when running (os-prober) and also generates the grub configuration multiple times. And for ... dual-boot grub2 upgrade 16.04 os-prober- 6,485
How to repair grub to work with multiple hard drives?
On my computer I have multiple hard drives. One of them has Ubuntu 14.10 and the other has Windows 8.1. I messed up my boot loader and know only Ubuntu appears in the grub list. Windows 8.1 is on the ... dual-boot grub2 windows-8 bootloader os-prober- 11
How do I switch back to Windows 8?
Okay so I am taking an online course to learn Linux and Ubuntu. On my desktop that has windows 8.1, I downloaded Ubuntu and then watched a couple of videos to make sure that I partitioned the drive ... sudo os-prober- 11
OS-prober is taking a really long time
Any time I update my GRUB configuration or install a kernel update that has the update manager update my grub configuration, the os-prober part of the configuration hangs for sometimes 10-20 minutes. ... grub2 os-prober- 149
os-prober and update-grub can't see/find working Windows install
I have installed 12.04 next to a Windows 7 install, on a partitioned 3 TB hard disk. If I use F12 during boot to review boot options from the BIOS, Windows 7 and Ubuntu boot normally, but the Ubuntu ... grub2 windows-7 os-prober- 3,412
Windows 7 doesn't show in GRUB menu
I have dual boot with Ubuntu and Windows 7. I needed to reinstall W7 and after that I reinstalled grub so that I could access both Ubuntu and W7. Unfortunately my GRUB menu doesn't show W7. I tried ... dual-boot os-prober- 13
How can I set kernel parameters for a specific installation involving os-prober?
Beside Ubuntu i also have an Arch installation. I plan to maintain the grub-configuration from my Ubuntu. The whole update-grub - grub-mkconfig - os-prober-chain works just fine. I know I can set ... boot grub2 kernel os-prober- 217
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