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Hi,
Great. /proc/cmdline does contain BOOT_IMAGE for lilo and not for GRUB.
BTW, just for fun i did try this script and it works. This script
identifies either LILO or GRUB, nothing else. Load any of these loaders
and try this script (no need to reboot).
regards,
bhuvaneswaran.
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Moinak Ghosh wrote:
M Ghosh > Hi,
M Ghosh >
M Ghosh > While poking around Google I found a link for an automated
Kernel build
M Ghosh > and installation script someone has written at
M Ghosh > http://freshmeat.net/projects/ik/?topic_id=147
M Ghosh >
M Ghosh > More details at http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue75/piszcz.html
M Ghosh >
M Ghosh > The author claims that the script accurately determines the last
bootloader
M Ghosh > used to boot the current running kernel. However it detects only
grub and lilo.
M Ghosh > I looked at the script and the logic is -
M Ghosh >
M Ghosh > 1) If lilo config is present and grub config is absent then
bootloader = lilo
M Ghosh > 2) If lilo config is absent and grub config is present then
bootloader = grub
M Ghosh > 3) if lilo config is present and grub config is present then
M Ghosh > if "cat /proc/cmdline" contains the string "BOOT_IMAGE"
M Ghosh > then bootloader = lilo
M Ghosh > else bootloader = grub
M Ghosh >
M Ghosh > Regards,
M Ghosh > Moinak.
M Ghosh >
M Ghosh > At 05:12 PM 7/4/2002 +0530, Bhuvan A wrote:
M Ghosh > >hello prakash,
M Ghosh > >
M Ghosh > >really smart. I too tried
M Ghosh > >
M Ghosh > ># dd if=/dev/hda bs=512 count=1|strings$
M Ghosh > >and it resulted in
M Ghosh > >
M Ghosh > >1+0 records in
M Ghosh > >1+0 records out
M Ghosh > >LILO
M Ghosh > >ZRrI
M Ghosh > >D|f1
M Ghosh > >GRUB
M Ghosh > >Geom
M Ghosh > >Hard Disk
M Ghosh > >Read
M Ghosh > > Error
M Ghosh > >
M Ghosh > >Actually in mine i overwrote LILO with GRUB and currently
M Ghosh > >GRUB exists.
M Ghosh > >
M Ghosh > >So it seems WE are still unaware of pointing current
M Ghosh > >bootloader, isnt it?
M Ghosh > >
M Ghosh > >regards,
M Ghosh > >bhuvaneswaran.
M Ghosh > >
M Ghosh > >
M Ghosh > >
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