grub.conf info

[Bruce Marshall]

On Monday 25 October 2004 09:32 pm, Rick Sivernell wrote:
> current grub.conf file
> default 0
> timeout 10s
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>
> root (hd0,0)
>
> title=Rick Sivernell Laptop using Gentoo for SoftWare Development 2.6.7
> kernel
>
> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3 root=/dev/ram0
> init=/l inuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 splash=verbose
> initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.7-gentoo-r6
>
> # above is what is now
> # if I add the below will that give me the choice of kernel's
>

I don't know how gentoo handles it but usually the list of bootable kernels is 
kept in /<path>/menu.lst

On suse, grub.conf is only used to install grub and the boot configurations 
are kept in  /boot/grub/menu.lst

> title=Rick Sivernell Laptop using Gentoo for SoftWare Development 2.4.26
> kernel
>
> kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3 root=/dev/ram0
> init=/l inuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 splash=verbose
> initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.4.26-gentoo-r6
>
> read man page but not real sure if this is correct
> cheers

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