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The first line must start withmenuentryand end with{
- The area between the quotation symbols is what will appear on the GRUB 2 menu. Edit as desired.
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The last line of themenuentrymust be}
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Donotleave empty spaces at the end of lines
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Theset root=line should point to the GRUB 2 /boot location ( (hdX,Y) )
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Thesearchline's--sethas been replaced in GRUB 1.99 (Ubuntu 11.04 and later) with--set-root=. Using--setwill generate a non-fatal error message which displays very briefly before the menu appears.
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Therootreference in in thelinuxline should point to the system partition.
- If GRUB 2 cannot find the referenced kernel, try replacing the UUID with the device name (example: /dev/sda6 ).