>>>>> " " == Tollef Fog Heen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Russell Coker | My lilo configuration scripts need to be able > to infer the correct location | for the MBR. I am currently > using the following algorithm: | take root fs device from > /etc/fstab and do the following: | s/[0-9]*// | s/part$/disc/ > What is the use of the first s/? Unless your first letter is a > digit, it will just remove the zero-width string '' between the > first / and the beginning of the string. > A better solution will probably be to > s/[0-9]$// > which will remove 5 from /dev/hda5. You forgot /dev/hda17, which would become /dev/hda1 with your syntax. MfG Goswin