On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 10:51 -0800, Scott Doty wrote: > On 02/23/2012 10:26 AM, Jeffrey Ross wrote: > > This is a system that was upgraded from F15 to F16 via Yum, how can I do: > > > > 1) confirm which version of grub was used to boot the system > > # file - < /dev/sda > > The dash is important -- tells file(1) to read from stdin. Example: > > _[/root]_(root@atom)_ > # file - < /dev/sda > /dev/stdin: x86 boot sector; GRand Unified Bootloader, stage1 version > 0x3, boot drive 0x80, 1st sector stage2 0x138800, GRUB version 0.94; > partition 1: ID=0x83, active, starthead 32, startsector 2048, 1572864 > sectors; partition 2: ID=0x82, starthead 8, startsector 1574912, 1048576 > sectors; partition 3: ID=0x83, starthead 77, startsector 2623488, > 56002560 sectors, code offset 0x48 > > > 2) re-install the boot record (MBR?) for the version of grub I'm running > > onto a replacement drive? > > > > > > Take a look at grub2-install or grub-install, depending on what you have > installed. > > -Scott > Now I wonder. When I run : file - < /dev/sda The output dose not have the string: GRUB version 0.94 but in /boot/grub2 there is a grub.cfg and there is no grub.conf in /boot/grub nor is there a grub-install. So what am I to conclude about booting? -- ======================================================================= You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. -- Norman Douglas ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
