where is grub.conf if not under /boot/grub/

[Bernard Lheureux]

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On Sunday 10 April 2005 15:09, Shawn wrote:
Try to find it in /etc

> Hello,
>
> I can't seem to find my grub.conf
>
> Two drives hda, hdb3
>
> systems on both
>
> orignally FC2 on hdb3 but file system trouble
>
> installed FC3 on hda (first sector using advanced options not the MBR)
>
> upgraded FC2 using the MBR option
>
> found my system wouldn't boot because the system on hdb3 was still
> corrupt [there actually is an explanation why this isn't as completely
> daft as it seems.  Actually did a apt-get dist-upgrade on the hdb3 FC2
> system and the next boot got a kernel panic and file system troubles.
> Did a FC2 install on a new hda drive which worked fine until I did apt-
> get dist-upgrade on it and got file system troubles.  So I was just
> curious if it was the FC2 that was the problem but even after the
> upgrade it kernel panicks]
>
> used recovery disk to edit hdb3 /boot/grub/grub.conf to boot using hda
> unfortunately making a mistake of  vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.770.FC3 and not
> vmlinuz-2.6.10-1.770_FC3 so I needed to manually change it for everyboot
> (until I made a boot disk)
>
> well there is nothing now under hdb3 /boot/grub/grub.conf and
> hda /boot/grub/grub.conf is correct without the error I just mentioned.
>
> So I am wondering where it might be.  searching for grub.conf doesn't
> turn it up.  Is it in the MBR, and if so, it it editable?
>
> Shawn

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