How to add ubuntu 12.10 entry to grub menu list?

Question

I removed my ubuntu 12.10 entry while editing menu.lst file.

can anyone give me a sample file containing the ubuntu 12.10 entry in menu.lst file.

It should be something like this:

title Ubuntu 12.10
      kernel 
      initrd

my ubuntu installation is on sda6.

can anyone help me on this?

Try calling `sudo update-grub` from console. It will write a new standard configuration — matcauthon, Jul 30 '13 at 19:20
this does not help. i need to get it from someone. i need the menu.lst entry in text. — sonya kochooloo, Jul 30 '13 at 19:22
As long as you are still running ubuntu [this will help!](http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man8/update-grub.8.html)...Getting it from someone else will not help, its specific for your configuration. But you can use any of [these helps too](http://askubuntu.com/search?q=menu.lst) — matcauthon, Jul 30 '13 at 19:35
I'm not working in ubuntu. i actually need exactly that line of code to enter in menu.lst. someone just can copy and paste the menu.lst file content here and that's all. can you help, please? — sonya kochooloo, Jul 30 '13 at 19:40
This question should be moved to the Ubuntu site: http://askubuntu.com/ — Robert H, Jul 30 '13 at 19:48
See this: http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/menu.lst#Liste-automatisch-generierter-Menueeintraege — matcauthon, Jul 30 '13 at 19:50
@sonyakochooloo Did you install an older version of Grub? 12.10 uses grub 2 by default and instead uses the grub.cfg file and has since 9.10 — Robert H, Jul 30 '13 at 19:56

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '13 at 20:04

Assuming that you're using Grub2 per my comment above and have not installed a non-default bootloader, here is an example menu entry from /boot/grub/grub.cfg:

menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 3.5.0-23-generic' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
        recordfail
        gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
        insmod gzio
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='(hd0,msdos1)'
        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 862e9bd8-8641-478a-96a3-d5ad9a53b104
        linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-23-generic root=UUID=862e9bd8-8641-478a-96a3-d5ad9a53b104 ro find_preseed=/preseed.cfg noprompt  quiet
        initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-23-generic
}

As you can see, the root drives are set via uuid, so cutting and pasting a solution will not work for you.

However you can try the Boot-Repair utility, or follow these instructions.

If you have installed an older version of grub this blog post gives some examples you may find useful.

How to add ubuntu 12.10 entry to grub menu list?

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