DOS ain't dead - WDe and GPT, booting DOS

WDe and GPT, booting DOS (Users)

posted by glennmcc , North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 22.12.2022, 18:41

> > Also works for a GPT 4TB SSD SATA drive with 8 GB DOS 71, 1 TB
> > Windows 10 and 500 GB Mint 21.1(grub 2.06), and 2200 GB NTFS partitions
> > (but Windows could not be made to triple boot).
>
> Congratulations! You're now a member of a very elitist club. :-P
>
> > Question.
> >
> >
> > How to edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg?
>
> IIRC it's not a very good idea to edit that file directly - it will be
> overwritten whenever grub or the kernel has been updated.

Quite correct.

This is how to do it....

Edit /etc/default/grub then run update-grub
(as root or via sudo)

Reboot and you should now be able to get to DOS from the grub menu.

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