GRUB Configuration: Dual Boot & Text-Mode
Hello everyone,
I have two questions regarding the new grub 2.02 that comes with Kali 2:
1) Configuration of Grub on a Dual Boot Machine:
This is my current /etc/default/grub file:
How do I have to edit this file to make it start Windows 7 after 2 seconds by default?Code:GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="initrd=/install/initrd.gz"
On my old installations (and this one currently as a workaround) I changed the order in /boot/grub/grub.cfg but this time I want to do it 100% correct.
(Also: How can I disable that fancy graphics mode? I managed to change the background image to something different but the font is still terribly small and it REALLY messes up the graphics whilen Win7 is booting. -But that's a different topic I guess)
2) SOLVED! - Booting Kali into Text-Mode via Grub
How do I have to edit the entries in /boot/grub/grub.cfg so that I can start Kali into a full Terminal mode without ui? Adding "text" after "quiet" worked in older releases, but not anymore.
Here is my updated /boot/grub/grub.cfg
The trick is adding "systemd.unit=multi-user.target" to the kernel parameter instead if "text". Thanks to duxim for pointing me ito the right direction!Code:# # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then set have_grubenv=true load_env fi if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then set default="${next_entry}" set next_entry= save_env next_entry set boot_once=true else set default="0" fi if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then menuentry_id_option="--id" else menuentry_id_option="" fi export menuentry_id_option if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi } function load_video { if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then insmod all_video else insmod efi_gop insmod efi_uga insmod ieee1275_fb insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus fi } if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then font=unicode else insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos9' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos9 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos9 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos9 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af fi font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2" fi if loadfont $font ; then set gfxmode=auto load_video insmod gfxterm set locale_dir=$prefix/locale set lang=en_US insmod gettext fi terminal_output gfxterm if [ "${recordfail}" = 1 ] ; then set timeout=-1 else if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then set timeout_style=menu set timeout=2 # Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is # unavailable. else set timeout=2 fi fi ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos9' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos9 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos9 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos9 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af fi insmod png if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/gungnir.png; then set color_normal=white/black set color_highlight=black/white else set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue set menu_color_highlight=white/blue fi ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### function gfxmode { set gfxpayload="${1}" } set linux_gfx_mode= export linux_gfx_mode menuentry 'Windows 7' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-843A313C3A312D14' { insmod part_msdos insmod ntfs set root='hd0,msdos1' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 843A313C3A312D14 else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 843A313C3A312D14 fi parttool ${root} hidden- chainloader +1 } menuentry 'Debian (Graphic)' --class kali --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos9' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos9 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos9 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos9 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af fi echo 'Loading Linux 4.0.0-kali1-amd64 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.0.0-kali1-amd64 root=UUID=5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af ro initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.0.0-kali1-amd64 } submenu 'Advanced options for Debian (Graphic)' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af' { menuentry 'Kali GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.0.0-kali1-amd64' --class kali --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.0.0-kali1-amd64-advanced-5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos9' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos9 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos9 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos9 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af fi echo 'Loading Linux 4.0.0-kali1-amd64 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.0.0-kali1-amd64 root=UUID=5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af ro initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.0.0-kali1-amd64 } menuentry 'Kali GNU/Linux, with Linux 4.0.0-kali1-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class kali --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-4.0.0-kali1-amd64-recovery-5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos9' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos9 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos9 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos9 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af fi echo 'Loading Linux 4.0.0-kali1-amd64 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.0.0-kali1-amd64 root=UUID=5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af ro single initrd=/install/initrd.gz echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.0.0-kali1-amd64 } } menuentry 'Debian (Terminal)' --class kali --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af' { load_video insmod gzio if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi insmod part_msdos insmod ext2 set root='hd0,msdos9' if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos9 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos9 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos9 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af else search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af fi echo 'Loading Linux 4.0.0-kali1-amd64 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.0.0-kali1-amd64 root=UUID=5b71b454-853f-4724-a995-599c871cd5af ro initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet systemd.unit=multi-user.target echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-4.0.0-kali1-amd64 } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
(And yes, it is edited, but as I said that's only meant to be a workaround so my machine starts into windows by default)
My machine is a Toshiba Sattelite L50-B 2C8 (Intel i7-u5500, 8GB ram, ATI R7 GPU, 500GB SSD).
Thanks in Advance,
Erebos
