On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:18:28 -0400, Sam wrote: > AFAIK installing a kernel should involve merely updating > /boot/grub/grub.conf. I can't think of any reason why GRUB's stage files > have to be involved. The script that updates it, /sbin/new-kernel-pkg > invokes /sbin/grubby, apparently, to do that. > > Without looking at grubby's source, a strings on the binary shows a > reference to /boot/grub/stage1. So, grubby might be doing to grub itself, in > addition to twiddling grub.conf, and occasionally gets it wrong.
It only looks for the stage1 file with a read-only operation to detect whether GRUB may be installed (it's called "grubby" but supports other boot loaders like LILO). It also examines the boot sector, again with a read-only operation. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
