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Re: quick grub question


From: Yoshinori K. Okuji
Subject: Re: quick grub question
Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 10:54:15 +0900

From: Robert Ross <address@hidden>
Subject: quick grub question
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 14:15:13 -0500 (CDT)

> Can an informed person tell me definitively that GRUB isn't writing
> anything when I boot?

That answer depends on what commands you use. IIRC, all the commands
which may write data to a disk are these below:

hide
partnew
parttype
unhide
embed
install
makeactive
savedefault
setup

Unlike LILO, GRUB never write anything to disks without executing
commands explicitly.

Okuji



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