[TriLUG] Grub configuration file

[Magnus]

On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 05:39 AM, Kevin Sonney wrote:

> Sorry, I've got to back Katz on this one - and not just because I work
> in the same building.

I know Kevin & some other Red Hatters are going to clutch their chests 
when they see me of all people saying this, but, I think RH did the 
right thing here.  The GRUB folks picked a horribly un-intuitive way to 
name (and locate) their configuration file.

> When I first encountered GRUB a few years back,
> the *FIRST* thing that confused me was the configuration file. "Wait"
> I thought "what the heck is 'menu.lst' supposed to mean?" (Hey, at
> least I figured out why it was in /boot/grub without any help)

The reason I'm satisfied is that the first time I had to look for it, I 
did a "vi /etc/grub" and hit Tab.  Tab completion filled out the rest, 
I hit enter, and went on my way.  I /expected/ to find the config file 
in /etc/ and I /expected/ it to be named something intuitive.

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C. Magnus Hedemark
http://trilug.org/~chrish
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