No Grub.Conf File in 6.10?

carlosinfl · 02-21-2007, 06:27 PM

I was looking in /boot/grub and I can't seem to find grub.conf. How can the system boot w/o the grub.conf file?

Code:

carlos@lptp:/boot/grub$ ls -la
total 196
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root   4096 2007-02-21 19:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root   4096 2006-12-13 18:54 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    197 2006-11-29 20:08 default
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     15 2006-11-29 20:08 device.map
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7508 2006-11-29 20:08 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7332 2006-11-29 20:08 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     16 2006-11-29 20:08 installed-version
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8128 2006-11-29 20:08 jfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3917 2007-02-21 19:25 menu.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3910 2006-12-13 18:55 menu.lst~
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6804 2006-11-29 20:08 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9076 2006-11-29 20:08 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    512 2006-11-29 20:08 stage1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105652 2006-11-29 20:08 stage2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8764 2006-11-29 20:08 xfs_stage1_5

I also tried looking around in case it was in an "unusual" spot and I was unable to find it. Anyone care to help me out or explain why I can't find it.

Thanks!

dxqcanada · 02-21-2007, 06:32 PM

View your menu.lst

Is your /boot partition mounted (assuming it is on it's own partition)?

Run "mount"

If your /etc/fstab looks like this:

Code:

/dev/hda1   /boot        ext2   noauto,noatime     1 2

then it may not be mounted at boot and you are not looking at your real boot partition.

carlosinfl · 02-21-2007, 06:39 PM

Perhaps I am missing something...

Code:

carlos@lptp:/boot/grub$ mount
/dev/hda1 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
/sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755)
varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777)
procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755)
devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
lrm on /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/volatile type tmpfs (rw)
binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)

I don't see my /boot partition in /etc/fstab.

Code:

carlos@lptp:/boot/grub$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/hda1
UUID=2318bbb7-6d0e-48da-b4af-e7a6215ff72e /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/hda5
UUID=fe11757f-97b7-4a15-860f-70c148881ca2 none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0

dxqcanada · 02-21-2007, 06:41 PM

Your fstab shows that you do not have a unique partition for /boot.

View your /boot/grub/menu.lst ... as grub may be using that instead of the standard grub.conf.

saikee · 02-21-2007, 06:47 PM

grub.conf is used mainly by the Red Hat family.

Just about every other Linux uses menu.lst.

grub.conf if used is just a symbolic to menu.lst which is the official configuration file sought by Grub.

carlosinfl · 02-21-2007, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dxqcanada

Your fstab shows that you do not have a unique partition for /boot.

View your /boot/grub/menu.lst ... as grub may be using that instead of the standard grub.conf.

Thanks!...

saikee · 02-21-2007, 07:20 PM

It is quite acceptable to use a single partition for installation of a Linux and I never do anything else even with every Red Hat.

If you have menu.lst in the subdirectory /boot/grub that means /boot is a subdirectory to "/".

Only users who make a separate /boot partition will have to mount it and the menu.lst will be found in /grub directory of the partition that hosts /boot.