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Re: PATCH (updated): 'lilo -R' functionality
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Gordon Matzigkeit |
Subject: |
Re: PATCH (updated): 'lilo -R' functionality |
Date: |
07 Mar 2002 10:29:24 -0600 |
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Ilguiz Latypov <address@hidden> writes:
> Nice feature, I haven't tried that with GRUB yet. By the way, since GRUB
> can parse the /boot/gru/menu.lst file at "run-time", why not just modify
> that configuration file and restore it from the startup script?
If the system reboots before the `restore it' process runs, then
you'll get an infinite loop. With `-R', you'll only get an infinite
loop if the system reboots before GRUB's internal `restore it' code
runs, which is much less likely.
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