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Update Question 9.12:

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- Add /boot/grub/menu.lst as the main configuration file for GRUB
- Add a note that /boot/grub/grub.conf is usually in Red Hat
- Make GRUB devices <replaceable>
- Remove quotes around 'a' partition

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Gabor Pali 2008-06-05 18:42:05 +00:00
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@ -5323,18 +5323,20 @@ C:\="DOS"</programlisting>
<answer>
<para>Booting &os; using GRUB is very simple. Just
add the following to your configuration file
<filename>/boot/grub/grub.conf</filename>.</para>
<filename>/boot/grub/menu.lst</filename> (or
<filename>/boot/grub/grub.conf</filename> in some systems,
e.g. Red Hat Linux and its derivatives).</para>
<programlisting>title FreeBSD 6.1
root (hd0,a)
root <replaceable>(hd0,a)</replaceable>
kernel /boot/loader
</programlisting>
<para>Where <literal>hd0,a</literal> points to your root partition
<para>Where <replaceable>hd0,a</replaceable> points to your root partition
on the first disk. If you need to specify which slice number
should be used, use something like this <literal>(hd0,2,a)</literal>.
should be used, use something like this <replaceable>(hd0,2,a)</replaceable>.
By default, if the slice number is omitted, GRUB searches the
first slice which has <literal>'a'</literal> partition.</para>
first slice which has <literal>a</literal> partition.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>