[Novalug] Re: grub (was CentOS/Ubuntu)

[Beartooth]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, RogerB wrote: [...]
> In this case, it's not that difficult.
>
> The last distro you install writes to the Master Boot Record 
> and points to its self.
>
> Now, lets say that SuSE updates it's kernel after you've 
> installed Ubuntu. Maybe from 2.6.16.20 to 2.6.16.21.
>
> In menu.txt, probably in /root/grub, there will be a line for 
> SuSE (as well as Windows and Ubuntu. In my case it had a SuSE 
> entry that included "2.6.16.20" as part of the text. So, AS 
> ROOT (root owns menu.txt), one edits menu.txt to change the 
> text from "2.6.16.20" to "2.6.16.2."

 	Is that last 2 a typo for 21??

> If you end up in this fix, foreknowledge is great: Say, again, 
> that SuSE is updating the kernel. As part of the process, 
> SuSE's menu.lst will be updated. Take a look at IT before you 
> reboot.

 	Where is it?? Beagle shows me half a dozen hits, of which 
the likeliest, /usr/share/doc/grub-0.97/menu.lst, might as well 
be in cuneiform Hittite for all I can make of it ...

> Compare it to what you see in the older version of menu.lst (I 
> keep one around just for such purposes). That gives additional 
> info about what should be in, e.g., Ubuntu's menu.lst.

 	I.e., cp menu.lst /home/btth/GribMenuSample or some such?

> I found it very instructive to bone-up on grub. It controls 
> your system at boot for many distros. I've got some references 
> if you want 'em.

 	Please! I need all the help I can get with grub. TIA!

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