Re: grub2 confusion

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On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Adam Williamson <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-10-06 at 16:40 -0400, Tom H wrote:
>
>> I use "vi /etc/grub2.cfg", which is perfectly reasonable and useful,
>> and is the same as using "vi /etc/grub.conf" previously.
>
> except that there's a big header saying:
>
> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
> #
> # It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates
> # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
>
> and I believe when you install a new kernel package, any manual changes
> to it will get overwritten.

Unless there's been a recent change, a new kernel package uses grubby
to update "/boot/grub2/grub.cfg" so manual changes are thankfully not
overwritten. The "DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE" warning's meant for users
"grub2-mkconfig".
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