Sat Oct 23 14:24:44 EEST 2010

os-prober a new Debian package able to add you all different Operating Systems to Grub boot menu

Yesterday I've blogged about my Problem with Widowns Vista disappearing from my grub boot and it's solution.
Today while was doing aptitude update && aptitude upgrade I've just noticed the os-prober package as a recommended one.
After I've reviewed the info about this package with apt-cache show I've realized that the os-prober package has already become part of Debian installer and is responsible for probinal for all non-Linux (non-Debian) operating systems and properly adding them to the boot loader. That way os-prober assures that your other non-Linux operating systems will be available for boot along with the Debian as a grub boot option. In other words the os-prober package does in automated way exactly what I've blogged about just yesterday. I wish I knew it earlier to prevent all the manual interventions and tests to once again include my Vista to grub boot menu.

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