Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Les Mikesell wrote:
Robert P. J. Day wrote:
... At first look at what it takes in the file /grub/grub.conf to
boot a Linux system.
quite simply, there is no file named "/grub/grub.conf".
That's where grub will find it, assuming /boot is a separate
partition from the OS perspective since grub does not have access to
anything else during the boot process. And the place you think the
grub.conf file lives is really a symlink.
*sigh*. i'm aware of all that -- i was simply pointing out that, not
two paragraphs into his allegedly new-and-improved GRUB tutorial, karl
referred his readers explicitly to a file that simply does not exist,
with no caveat about how this relates to /boot or separate partitions
or anything else that would explain why, if the reader went looking
for that file, they'd never find it.
and, at this point, i think i'll just go back to spectating and being
amused. trying to educate karl is sort of like, well, like this:
http://amybrennan.blogs.com/Ginger.jpg
rday
You rday are the most self-centered person I have ever had the
unhappy time to meet. I agree the paper I wrote was poor. It is in
re-write but it still includes that there is a file called grub.conf and
if your working with grub you better know what it says. Or do you think
it is just a file?
--
Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
Linux User
#450462 http://counter.li.org.
