Hello, In my opinion, it odes not matter. after grub-install /dev/sda grub knows that it has to read the file /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Then you can change it, it will use the chnaged file. There is no copy of the copy in /dev/sdx =========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | email: pdupre@xxxxxxx Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère | | Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale | | Tel. (33)-(0)3 28 23 76 12 | | Fax: 03 28 65 82 44 189A, avenue Maurice Schumann | | 59140 Dunkerque, France =========================================================================== > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2015 at 11:07 AM > From: "Klaus-Peter Schrage" <kpschrage@xxxxxx> > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: grub2 > > Am 03.05.2015 um 20:42 schrieb Paul Cartwright: > > On 05/03/2015 11:02 AM, Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: > >> Am 03.05.2015 um 15:59 schrieb Patrick Dupre: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> After I run > >>> grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg > >>> grub2-install /dev/sda > >> First thought: Shouldn't these two commands be interchanged? > > no, you run the mkconfig FIRST, then install it in /dev/sda .. > > > > > > I am a bit stumbled: I always thought that it is a good idea to install > a feature before configuring it ... Following Fedora's Grub2 > documentation, I did it this way for quite a long time whenever I needed > to update my grub configuration: > "The configuration format has evolved over time, and a new configuration > file might be slightly incompatible with the old bootloader. It is thus > often/always a good idea to run grub2-install before grub2-mkconfig for > some reason is run." > But, I admit, in most situations the order of the two command may not > matter. > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org