-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 vl_grigorov@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Omer Faruk Sen writes: >> I have a system that boot lilo.conf and /boot/grub directory exist.. And >> both of them configured well. Since I have no connection to that remote >> system's video output there seems to be no way out to learn that. >> >>> hi, >>> fedora uses grub as its boot manager. [at least in my system i've grub. >>> and >>> during installation fedora didnt asked me if i wanted to select grub or >>> lilo >>> as boot manager. it automatically installed grub.] >>> but u can check the /boot directory if it contains a folder named 'grub' >>> or >>> not. >>> and under that directory there must be a file named grub.conf [or in >>> some >>> distros menu.lst] >>> regards, >>> bye. >> >> >> -- >> Omer Faruk Sen >> http://www.faruk.net >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > You can read master boot record and search on it. > dd if=/dev/hda of=~/mbr.bak bs=512 count=1 > then: cat ~/mbr.bak > the result is not very nice, but there can be read sometinh like "GRUB > GeomHard DiskRead Error" for grub, I have't lilo, but think there must > be something else in result of cat :) You might be better off using 'strings ~/mbr.bak', rather than a pure 'cat'. My system (using grub) shows: [root@songspire ~]# strings mbr.bak ZRrI D|f1 GRUB Geom Hard Disk Read Error Of course, we are assuming that you installed lilo/grub in the MBR, not elsewhere. Regards, C. - -- Craig McLean http://fukka.co.uk craig@xxxxxxxxxxx Where the fun never starts Powered by FreeBSD, and GIN! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDs/NnMDDagS2VwJ4RAomnAKCL9wJWND9ebJcMQzmVjhww8W8vUgCfSCBK 0MdcFkWuI4/eALjKHgUqk0Q= =hkE6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
