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Old 02-04-2021, 10:59 PM   #1
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What is the /boot/grub/menu.lst

What is the difference of /boot/grub/menu.lst and /boot/grub/grub.cfg ?
 
Old 02-04-2021, 11:33 PM   #2
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Did you do any research yourself ?. What part of the results do you not understand ?.
 
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What is the difference of /boot/grub/menu.lst and /boot/grub/grub.cfg ?
Hint: Both are configuration files for GRUB. GRUB Legacy and GRUB2 respectively.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_GRUB

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Did you do any research yourself ?. What part of the results do you not understand ?.
Clearly not...
 
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Apart from a web search, you could look into the files and see what they contain.
 
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