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    Post grub not showing windows option

    I just installed Kali Linux 2016 on my laptop ,it asked me to keep its grub bootloader as default bootloader
    I even selected that but when I start my laptop windows 10 starts directly and no grub is shown.
    But at start if I keep pressing Esc key Kali`s grub shows up but it doesn't have windows 10 option
    I want to remove this Esc key thing and add windows 10 to Kali Linux grub please helpp!!

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    os-prober
    update-grub

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    Quote Originally Posted by m4dman View Post
    os-prober
    update-grub
    I had also set Kali Linux grub bootloader as default one but still windows 10 opens directly. I had uefi mode which I had disabled and enabled legacy mode .
    I need to keep pressing Esc key and manually go into grub, how to fix this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rushic24 View Post
    I had also set Kali Linux grub bootloader as default one but still windows 10 opens directly. I had uefi mode which I had disabled and enabled legacy mode .
    I need to keep pressing Esc key and manually go into grub, how to fix this.
    i apologize . i misunderstood.. i am having same problem on my laptop.. it was also not updating anything but i got that fixed last night by editing the source.list file.. i will keep looking for an answer for us.. if i find one i will post it.

    however those two commands i posted will add windows to your grub file.. so run them
    Last edited by m4dman; 2016-03-11 at 16:39.

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    Quote Originally Posted by m4dman View Post
    os-prober
    update-grub
    By the way that os-prober is also not working to bring windows 10 option in grub.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rushic24 View Post
    By the way that os-prober is also not working to bring windows 10 option in grub.

    should look like this after running both commands....

    root@JohnDoe:~# os-prober
    /dev/sda2@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi:Windows Boot Manager:Windows:efi
    root@JohnDoe:~# update-grub
    Generating grub configuration file ...
    Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
    Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-kali1-amd64
    Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-kali1-amd64
    Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.3.0-kali1-amd64
    Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-kali1-amd64
    Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/sda2@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
    Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
    done
    root@JohnDoe:~#

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    Quote Originally Posted by m4dman View Post
    should look like this after running both commands....

    root@JohnDoe:~# os-prober
    /dev/sda2@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi:Windows Boot Manager:Windows:efi
    root@JohnDoe:~# update-grub
    Generating grub configuration file ...
    Found background image: /usr/share/images/desktop-base/desktop-grub.png
    Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-kali1-amd64
    Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-kali1-amd64
    Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.3.0-kali1-amd64
    Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.3.0-kali1-amd64
    Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/sda2@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
    Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration
    done
    root@JohnDoe:~#
    I have installed windows in sda3 but that also doesnt work

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    maybe you could copy and paste the output of the two commands i gave you in you posting ??

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