* Mike Klinke <lsomike@xxxxxxxxxx> [27-Oct-2003 23:28]: > On Monday 27 October 2003 23:07, Charles Curley wrote: > > Is there any way to detect which boot loader is the working one? > > Would this method be of any use? Use "dd" to read the MBR, assuming > that's where your boot loader resides. I know that the word "GRUB" > will appear; for example: > > #dd ibs=512 count=1 if=/dev/hda | grep -i grub > Binary file (standard input) matches > > Someone else will have to pipe up about LILO though... LILO is also detectable: [root@monitorus2 root]# dd ibs=512 count=1 if=/dev/hda | grep LILO 1+0 records in 1+0 records out Binary file (standard input) matches If you will pipe "dd" output through "strings" before "grep", you will see "|lbaLILO", if LILO is installed or "GRUB", if GRUB is installed. -- Leonid Mamtchenkov. http://www.leonid.maks.net
