[Solved] Debirf and grub2

[aab]

Ok, after reading http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=34902 about debirf, i decided to give it a try.
The steps were easy enough to follow; only i've had to do it as root and only using a kernel already on the system building the new kernel and initrd. Otherwise, the process could not be completed.
After that, i had to include the new created "disk image" into grub2; the link above provides a way to do it, but with grub (grub-legacy).
I followed the instructions on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1195275 (section 6, Adding Entries to Grub 2) to create a custom grub2 entry; the file /etc/grub.d/40_custom with the following content:

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#!/bin/sh
echo "Adding 40_custom menu entries." >&2
exec tail -n +3 $0
# 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.
menuentry	"Debirf xkiosk" {
linux	/home/aab3r/.debirf/xkiosk/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 setkmap=es
initrd	/home/aab3r/.debirf/xkiosk/debirf-xkiosk_squeeze_2.6.32-5-686.cgz}

I've chmod+x the file, and then, if i execute "update-grub", i get a line saying "Adding 40_custom menu entries.", but the menu entry won't appear when i reboot.
Is there any other way to add custom entries to grub2?
Thanks

[edbarx]

Are you sure you are keeping the kernels under /home?

[aab]

Are you sure you are keeping the kernels under /home?

Hi, thanks for the reply.
Yes, that's where debirf created it; following the link i posted it seemed ok.
EDIT: Just in case, i've moved both kernel and initrd files into /boot, re-run update-grub... no success.

[llivv]

post what files you now have in your /boot directory/

[aab]

post what files you now have in your /boot directory/

As you can see, i've last liquorix kernel, last squeeze kernel and debirf created kernel:

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ls /boot/
config-2.6.32-5-686 initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686 System.map-2.6.36-2.dmz.7-liquorix-686 config-2.6.36-2.dmz.7-liquorix-686 initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686.dpkg-bak vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686 debirf-xkiosk_squeeze_2.6.32-5-686.cgz  initrd.img-2.6.36-2.dmz.7-liquorix-686  vmlinuz-2.6.36-2.dmz.7-liquorix-686 grub System.map-2.6.32-5-686

[aab]

Ok, it's solved now.
After reading some grub2 documentation, i created a "42_debirf" entry in /etc/grub.d, with the following contents:

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echo "Adding Debirf grub2 entry"
cat << EOF
menuentry "Debirf xkiosk" {
#insmod part_msdos
#insmod ext2
#set root=(hd0,2)
#search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set e7e5b6aa-2838-4a1c-b871-1f7d9109105a
echo    'Loading Debirf_xkiosk ...'
linux   /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.36-2.dmz.8-liquorix-686
initrd  /boot/debirf-xkiosk_squeeze_2.6.36-2.dmz.8-liquorix-686.cgz
}
EOF

and "Debirf xkiosk" apperars now in grub2 menu.
Thanks for the answers; i hope this is useful for someone.