Grub Customizer messed up my Grub. I regret ever installing it. I purged Grub Customizer, but how do I reinstall Grub? Here is my story:
I had a dual-boot system, combining Windows 11 and Ubuntu 22.04 with Grub. At startup, Grub would show several entries, which I found a bit annoying. I just wanted two simple entries:
- Ubuntu
- Windows
So I installed Grub Customizer on Ubuntu and customized my boot window. Simply stated - I removed all the entries that puzzled me, just keeping one entry for Ubuntu and one for Windows.
I looked at it and was happy. Until now. Today, Ubuntu 22.04 offered me an upgrade to Ubuntu 23.10. I accepted.
Now, my Grub boot window looks like this (without the numbers on the left):
1 Ubuntu
2 Advanced options for Ubuntu
3 Memory test (memtest86+x64.efi)
4 Memory test (memtest86+x64.efi, serial console)
5 Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/nvme0n1p1)
6 Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/nvme0n1p1)
7 UEFI Firmware Settings
I have two questions:
QUESTION 1:
There are now two entries to startWindows 11: line 5 and line 6. They are identical. Why is that entry duplicated? How can I get rid of this duplication?
QUESTION 2:
Can I change the order of the entries, without resorting to Grub Customizer? I also don't want to edit files that are not supposed to be edited (which could give problems when running another grub update in the future).
I already tried to re-install Grub, from within my Ubuntu. This is what happened:
```sh
$ sudo grub-install /dev/sdX
Installing for x86_64-efi platform
Installation finished. No error reported.
$ sudo update-grub
Sourcing file `/etc/default/grub'
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.5.0-14-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.5.0-14-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.2.0-39-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.2.0-39-generic
Found memtest86+ 64bit EFI iimage: /boot/memtest86+x64.efi
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/nvme0n1p1@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
/etc/grub.d/proxifiedScripts/linux: 1: version_find_latest: not found
I'm not sure if this re-installation of Grub succeeded or failed. It outputs `/etc/grub.d/proxifiedScripts/linux: 1: version_find_latest: not found` in the end, so I'm confused.
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<p>By the way, this is my grub version:</p>
<pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>$ grub-install --version
grub-install (GRUB) 2.12~rc1-10ubuntu4
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<p><strong>EDIT 1</strong><br>
I found some tutorials about how to re-install Grub from a live Linux USB-drive. However, the steps given are too complex (not detailed enough). They require a level of Linux knowledge I simply don't have at the moment.</p>
<p><strong>EDIT 2</strong><br>
From the comments:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>[@guiverc] I'd check you've not done something risky to your system if the details in your question are correct; <code>Ubuntu 22.04 LTS</code> does not currently offer an upgrade to <code>23.10</code>, only to <code>23.04</code> as per <code>changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release</code> (ie. lunar is the next release that is supported, thus where upgrade will currently go). Your details as outlined in the question highlight a potential problem in your system that I'd suggest exploring (or your question itself is missing facts)</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I have no idea. All I know is that Ubuntu offered me this upgrade, and I went for it. Now I have this version running:</p>
<pre class="lang-sh prettyprint-override"><code>$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 23.10
Release: 23.10
Codename: mantic
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