GRUB and boot.b

From: Allen Kistler (ackistler_at_oohay.moc)
Date: 12/30/03

  • Next message: Jacob Heider: "Re: GRUB and boot.b" 
    Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 08:48:03 GMT

    RH9 uses grubby to update grub and lilo config when installing or
    removing a kernel. boot.b is "owned" by lilo.

    Since I use grub, I removed lilo from one of my machines, just to see if
    anything would break.

    What breaks is grubby core dumps into /boot whenever I install or remove
    a kernel, complaining in the meantime that it can't find boot.b. What
    doesn't break is booting or even installing/updating the MBR with grub.

    So:
    Empirically grub itself doesn't need boot.b.
    In documentation I find only associations of boot.b with lilo.
    Other than RH9's grubby core dumps, have I missed any requirement that
    grub has on boot.b?

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