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I've installed Gentoo in one of my hard disks. The whole hard disk is for that distro.
I want a dual-boot in grub to start Ubuntu or Gentoo.

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        7298    58614752+  83  Linux

/dev/sdf1               1         125     1000000   82  Linux swap / Solaris
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdf2             125       30402   243196503+  83  Linux
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.

/dev/sdb is Ubuntu root and /dev/sdf is Gentoo.
I execute sudo os-prober and it shows:

/dev/sdf2:Gentoo Base System release 2.0.2:Gentoo:linux

Then I execute sudo update-grub:

Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-6-core2
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-6-core2
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.0-3-core2
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.0-3-core2
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Found Gentoo Base System release 2.0.2 on /dev/sdf2
done

But when I restart, grub menu doesn't show the Gentoo entry.

I didn't set the boot flag in Gentoo disk, is this the problem? The disk boot is the Ubuntu disk, not Gentoo.

My actual /boot/grub/grub.cfg

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="${saved_entry}"
if [ ${prev_saved_entry} ]; then
  set saved_entry=${prev_saved_entry}
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then
    saved_entry=${chosen}
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function recordfail {
  set recordfail=1
  if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then if [ -z ${boot_once} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi; fi
}
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=1280x1024
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd1,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=es
insmod gettext
if [ ${recordfail} = 1 ]; then
  set timeout=-1
else
  set timeout=4
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
set menu_color_normal=white/black
set menu_color_highlight=black/light-gray
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Ubuntu, con Linux 3.0.0-6-core2' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd1,1)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-6-core2 root=UUID=ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f ro   crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-16,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap acpi_osi=Linux
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-6-core2
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, con Linux 3.0.0-6-core2 (modo recuperación)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd1,1)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
    echo    'Cargando Linux 3.0.0-6-core2 ...'
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-6-core2 root=UUID=ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f ro single 
    echo    'Cargando el disco RAM inicial...'
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-6-core2
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, con Linux 3.0-3-core2' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd1,1)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.0-3-core2 root=UUID=ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f ro   crashkernel=384M-2G:64M,2G-:128M quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280x1024-16,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap acpi_osi=Linux
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.0-3-core2
}
menuentry 'Ubuntu, con Linux 3.0-3-core2 (modo recuperación)' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
    recordfail
    insmod ext2
    set root='(hd1,1)'
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f
    echo    'Cargando Linux 3.0-3-core2 ...'
    linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.0-3-core2 root=UUID=ae2f99e4-5e5d-480d-abce-e66478f0c72f ro single 
    echo    'Cargando el disco RAM inicial...'
    initrd  /boot/initrd.img-3.0-3-core2
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
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  • Are you sure Gentoo as not overwritten grub with its own, so what you are viewing is the gentoo grub menu?
    – enzotib
    Jul 25, 2011 at 12:04
  • No, Gentoo is in another hard-disk and I haven't install grub there. Moreover, if Gentoo grub overwrites the Ubuntu grub: why it shows the Ubuntu entries but no the Gentoo entry? Jul 25, 2011 at 12:10
  • Add your /boot/grub/grub.cfg file to the question
    – enzotib
    Jul 25, 2011 at 12:20

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Solved:
I've updated os-prober package and I have activated boot flag in Gentoo hard disk and now it works.

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