How to add ubuntu partition to this trustedgrub ????

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Jackson Bock

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Feb 28, 2016, 4:30:58 PM2/28/16
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No information online anywhere! The only way I can get 5.1 to boot is by letting it install this bootloader. It picks up my windows install and it boots fine! Android also boots fine. If I add android to grub2, it never does boot even with correct information. It just hangs. I tried to add ubuntu to EasyBCD but it wont boot because ANDROID deletes grub2. sigh. I have been trying to figure out how to triple boot all 3 of these system for DAYS and this is lame. Why do you have to use such an obscure bootloader?? There's no information anywhere on adding an entry for ubuntu in it....and if it involves booting into ubuntu, ha can't do it. Maybe a live CD? FFS why is nobody responding to my posts

Hypo Turtle

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Feb 28, 2016, 5:07:01 PM2/28/16
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Androidx86 boots fine from grub2; so clearly something is missing from your grub entry, drop into grub shell and make sure it can see your android partition.

Mark O.

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Mar 3, 2016, 12:40:05 PM3/3/16
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I am using Ubuntu (with GRUB2) and android 32 bit. Here is my GRUB2 entry for android. Be sure you edit the "set root=" line to fit your partition setup. If you are using 64 bit I believe the "androidboot.hardware=android_x86" has to be "androidboot.hardware=android_x86_64". I hope this helps you.

menuentry "Droid-android-5.1-rc1"{
recordfail
load_video
gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root=('hd0,msdos2')
linux /android-5.1-rc1/kernel root=/dev/ram0 androidboot.hardware=android_x86 video=-16 SRC=/android-5.1-rc1 quiet $vt_handoff dpi=126
initrd /android-5.1-rc1/initrd.img
}

Hypo Turtle

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Mar 3, 2016, 2:46:35 PM3/3/16
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Replacing
set root=('hd0,msdos2')
with
search -f --set /android-5.1-rc1/kernel
should work with both, and yea androidboot.hardware=android_x86_64 for 64 bit
and if gpt rather than mbr (UEFI instead of legacy BIOS) then insmod part_gpt instead of insmod part_msdos might be needed.
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