Grub Manual

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Les Mikesell wrote:

> Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> > > ... At first look at what it takes in the file /grub/grub.conf to
> > > boot a Linux system.
> >
> > quite simply, there is no file named "/grub/grub.conf".
>
> That's where grub will find it, assuming /boot is a separate
> partition from the OS perspective since grub does not have access to
> anything else during the boot process.  And the place you think the
> grub.conf file lives is really a symlink.

*sigh*.  i'm aware of all that -- i was simply pointing out that, not
two paragraphs into his allegedly new-and-improved GRUB tutorial, karl
referred his readers explicitly to a file that simply does not exist,
with no caveat about how this relates to /boot or separate partitions
or anything else that would explain why, if the reader went looking
for that file, they'd never find it.

and, at this point, i think i'll just go back to spectating and being
amused.  trying to educate karl is sort of like, well, like this:

http://amybrennan.blogs.com/Ginger.jpg

rday
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Robert P. J. Day
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