Re: GRUB for Two Linux Kernels

From: Eric Moors (scare.crow_at_oz.land)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 09:09:51 +0100

> Thanks. I tried it and it didn't work; however, I'm beginning to wonder if
> I'm really using GRUB. I just installed RH 9.0 and thought I specified
> GRUB. But the graphics boot window doesn't seem at all like what I put in
> grub.conf. How do I know which loader I'm really using?

dd if=/dev/hda count=1 | strings

If it says grub, you're using grub.
If it says lilo, you're using lilo.
If says something else ...

(If hda is not what you are booting from, change that)

Eric

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